Starved for science
Subtitle: how biotechnology is being kept out of Africa
By: Robert Paarlberg ; [with a foreword by Norman E. Borlaug and Jimmy Carter]
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780674029736
Subjects: Landwirtschaft; Agricultural biotechnology; Biotechnologie; Crops; Agriculture and state; Genetic engineering
Description: This work explains why poor African farmers are being 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Norman E. Borlaug and Jimmy Carter; title: Preface; title: Introduction : Why are Africans rejecting biotechnology?; title: Why rich countries dislike agricultural GMOs; title: Downgrading agricultural science in rich countries; title: Withdrawing support for agricultural science in Africa; title: Keeping genetically engineered crops out of Africa; title: Drought-tolerant crops : only for the rich?; title: Conclusion : An imperialism of rich tastes.