Screen LibraryStarved for science：how biotechnology is being kept out of Africa
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Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 235 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780674029736 (cloth : alk. paper) 0674029739 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F340 |
| CLC: | F340.32 |
| Call Number: | F340.32/P111 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-219) and index. 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. |