Starved for science: how biotechnology is being kept out of Africa
This work explains why poor African farmers are being 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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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
Harvard Univ. Press
2008
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| Zusammenfassung: | This work explains why poor African farmers are being 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. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-219) and index |
| Beschreibung: | xv, 235 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780674029736 |
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Foreword by Norman E. Borlaug and Jimmy Carter vii
Preface xi
Introduction
Why Are Africans Rejecting Biotechnology? 1
1 Why Rich Countries Dislike Agricultural GMOs 21
2 Downgrading Agricultural Science in Rich Countries 47
3 Withdrawing Support for Agricultural Science in Africa 81
4 Keeping Genetically Engineered Crops Out of Africa 111
5 Drought-Tolerant Crops—Only for the Rich? 149
Conclusion
An Imperialism of Rich Tastes 179
References 197
Index 221
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CONTENTS
Foreword by Norman E. Borlaug and Jimmy Carter vii
Preface xi
Introduction
Why Are Africans Rejecting Biotechnology? 1
1 Why Rich Countries Dislike Agricultural GMOs 21
2 Downgrading Agricultural Science in Rich Countries 47
3 Withdrawing Support for Agricultural Science in Africa 81
4 Keeping Genetically Engineered Crops Out of Africa 111
5 Drought-Tolerant Crops—Only for the Rich? 149
Conclusion
An Imperialism of Rich Tastes 179
References 197
Index 221 |
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