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

Paarlberg, Robert, author.; Borlaug, Norman E., contributor.; Carter, Jimmy, contributor.
2009
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Title
Starved for Science : How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa / Robert Paarlberg.
Author
Paarlberg, Robert, author.
ISBN
9780674041745
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041745
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (256 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674041745 doi
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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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
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Borlaug, Norman E., contributor.
Carter, Jimmy, contributor.
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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
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