Starved for science : how biotechnology is being kept out of Africa / Robert Paarlberg ; [with a foreword by Norman E. Borlaug and Jimmy Carter].

Format:

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 235 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Foreword / Borlaug, Norman E. / Carter, Jimmy

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

Notes:

Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-219) and index.

ISBN:

9780674266346

067426634X

9780674041745

0674041747

OCLC:

1013966117