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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780674033474
  • 9780674041745
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- 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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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- 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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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