Starved for science how biotechnology is being kept out of Africa /

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Main Author: Paarlberg, Robert L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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