Starved for Science : How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa.
Paarlberg, Robert.
Starved for Science : How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (254 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Foreword by Norman E. Borlaug and Jimmy Carter -- Preface -- Introduction - Why Are Africans Rejecting Biotechnology? -- 1 Why Rich Countries Dislike Agricultural GMOs -- 2 Downgrading Agricultural Science in Rich Countries -- 3 Withdrawing Support for Agricultural Science in Africa -- 4 Keeping Genetically Engineered Crops Out of Africa -- 5 Drought-Tolerant Crops-Only for the Rich? -- Conclusion - An Imperialism of Rich Tastes -- References -- Index.
In Starved for Science Paarlberg explains why poor African farmers are denied access to productive technologies, particularly genetically engineered seeds with improved resistance to insects and drought. He traces this obstacle to the current opposition to farm science in prosperous countries.
9780674041745
Agricultural biotechnology-Africa.
Crops-Genetic engineering-Africa.
Agriculture and state-Africa.
Electronic books.
S494
630.96
Starved for Science : How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (254 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Foreword by Norman E. Borlaug and Jimmy Carter -- Preface -- Introduction - Why Are Africans Rejecting Biotechnology? -- 1 Why Rich Countries Dislike Agricultural GMOs -- 2 Downgrading Agricultural Science in Rich Countries -- 3 Withdrawing Support for Agricultural Science in Africa -- 4 Keeping Genetically Engineered Crops Out of Africa -- 5 Drought-Tolerant Crops-Only for the Rich? -- Conclusion - An Imperialism of Rich Tastes -- References -- Index.
In Starved for Science Paarlberg explains why poor African farmers are denied access to productive technologies, particularly genetically engineered seeds with improved resistance to insects and drought. He traces this obstacle to the current opposition to farm science in prosperous countries.
9780674041745
Agricultural biotechnology-Africa.
Crops-Genetic engineering-Africa.
Agriculture and state-Africa.
Electronic books.
S494
630.96