Starved for science [electronic resource] : how biotechnology is being kept out of Africa / Robert Paarlberg ; [foreword by Norman Borlaug and Jimmy Carter]
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009Edition: 1st Harvard University Press pbk. edDescription: 1 online resource (xv, 235 p.) : illISBN: - 9780674041745 (electronic bk.)
- 0674041747 (electronic bk.)
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UMPLIB GAMBANG | S494.5.B563 P33 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 0000057007 |
Originally published: 2008
Description based on print version record
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
Mode of access: Internet