TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paarlberg,Robert
AU  - Borlaug,Norman E.
AU  - Carter,Jimmy
TI  - Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa 
SN  - 9780674033474
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Agricultural biotechnology
KW  - Africa
KW  - Agriculture and state
KW  - Crops
KW  - Genetic engineering
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041745
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