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Title Starved for science : how biotechnology is being kept out of Africa / Robert Paarlberg ; [with a foreword by Norman E. Borlaug and Jimmy Carter].
Author Paarlberg, Robert L.
Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  630.96 PAA    Check Shelves
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Description xv, 235 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-219) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Agricultural biotechnology -- Africa.
Crops -- Genetic engineering -- Africa.
Agriculture and state -- Africa.
ISBN 9780674029736 (cloth : alk. paper) : $24.95
0674029739 (cloth : alk. paper)
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