Starved for science how biotechnology is being kept out of Africa
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.
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
Harvard Univ. Press
2009
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| Ausgabe: | 1. Harvard Univ. Press paperback ed., 2009 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-219) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XV, 235 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780674033474 |