Starved for science how biotechnology is being kept out of Africa /
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. |
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / by Norman E. Borlaug and Jimmy Carter
- Preface
- Introduction : Why are Africans rejecting biotechnology?
- Why rich countries dislike agricultural GMOs
- Downgrading agricultural science in rich countries
- Withdrawing support for agricultural science in Africa
- Keeping genetically engineered crops out of Africa
- Drought-tolerant crops : only for the rich?
- Conclusion : an imperialism of rich tastes.