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Starved for Science : How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (254 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674041745
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Starved for ScienceDDC classification:
  • 630.96
LOC classification:
  • S494
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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