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Starved for science : how biotechnology is being kept out of Africa / Robert Paarlberg ; [foreword by Norman Borlaug and Jimmy Carter].
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paarlberg, Robert L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural biotechnology--Africa.
- Agricultural biotechnology.
- Crops--Genetic engineering--Africa.
- Crops.
- Agriculture and state--Africa.
- Agriculture and state.
- Crops--Genetic engineering.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 235 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First Harvard University Press paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Originally published: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-219) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0674041747
- 9780674041745
- Publisher Number:
- 99953772626
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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