Contesting Africa's new green revolution : biotechnology and philanthrocapitalist development in Ghana /
Ignatova, Jacqueline,
Contesting Africa's new green revolution : biotechnology and philanthrocapitalist development in Ghana / Jacqueline Ignatova. - 1 online resource (216 pages) - Politics and development in contemporary Africa .
Introduction -- 1. What's New About the 'New Green Revolution in Africa'? -- 2. Technological Savior or Terminator Gene? Biotechnology, Food Security, and the Political Economy of Hype Interlude: Profiles of 'Mixers' -- 3. The 'Philanthropic' Gene: Biocapital and the New Green Revolution in Africa -- 4. From Farming as a Way of Life to Farming as a Business: Experts, Entrepreneurs, and 'Mixers' in the New Green Revolution in Ghana -- 5. Food Sovereignty, Neocolonialism, and Ghana's Contested Politics of Agrarian Development -- Conclusion
"Genetically modified crops have become a key element of development strategies across the global South, despite remaining deeply controversial. Proponents hail them as an example of 'pro-poor' innovation, while critics regard them as a threat to food sovereignty and the environment. The promotion of biotechnology is an integral part of 'new Green Revolution for Africa' interventions and is also intimately linked to the rise of 'philanthrocapitalism,' which advances business solutions to address the problem of poverty. Through interviews with farmers, policymakers and agricultural scientists, Jacqueline Ignatova shows how efforts to transform the seed sector in northern Ghana-one of the key laboratories of this 'new Green Revolution'-may serve to exacerbate the inequality it was notionally intended to address. But she also argues that its effects in Ghana have been far more complex than either side of the debate has acknowledged, with local farmers proving adept at blending traditional and modern agricultural methods that subvert the interests of global agribusiness."--
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10.5040/9781350233683 doi
9781786996589 codeMantra
GBC139897 bnb GBC1D0395 bnb
020130609 Uk 020275219 Uk
Transgenic plants--Africa--Ghana.
Crops--Genetic engineering--Africa--Ghana.
Genetically modified foods--Africa--Ghana.
Agriculture--Africa--Ghana.
Development studies.
Agriculture.
Crops--Genetic engineering.
Economic history.
Genetically modified foods.
Transgenic plants.
Ghana--Economic conditions.
Ghana.
Electronic books.
SB123.57 / .I563 2021eb
631.5233096
Contesting Africa's new green revolution : biotechnology and philanthrocapitalist development in Ghana / Jacqueline Ignatova. - 1 online resource (216 pages) - Politics and development in contemporary Africa .
Introduction -- 1. What's New About the 'New Green Revolution in Africa'? -- 2. Technological Savior or Terminator Gene? Biotechnology, Food Security, and the Political Economy of Hype Interlude: Profiles of 'Mixers' -- 3. The 'Philanthropic' Gene: Biocapital and the New Green Revolution in Africa -- 4. From Farming as a Way of Life to Farming as a Business: Experts, Entrepreneurs, and 'Mixers' in the New Green Revolution in Ghana -- 5. Food Sovereignty, Neocolonialism, and Ghana's Contested Politics of Agrarian Development -- Conclusion
"Genetically modified crops have become a key element of development strategies across the global South, despite remaining deeply controversial. Proponents hail them as an example of 'pro-poor' innovation, while critics regard them as a threat to food sovereignty and the environment. The promotion of biotechnology is an integral part of 'new Green Revolution for Africa' interventions and is also intimately linked to the rise of 'philanthrocapitalism,' which advances business solutions to address the problem of poverty. Through interviews with farmers, policymakers and agricultural scientists, Jacqueline Ignatova shows how efforts to transform the seed sector in northern Ghana-one of the key laboratories of this 'new Green Revolution'-may serve to exacerbate the inequality it was notionally intended to address. But she also argues that its effects in Ghana have been far more complex than either side of the debate has acknowledged, with local farmers proving adept at blending traditional and modern agricultural methods that subvert the interests of global agribusiness."--
9781350233683 1350233684 178699657X 9781786996572 9781786996589 1786996588 9781786996596 1786996596
10.5040/9781350233683 doi
9781786996589 codeMantra
GBC139897 bnb GBC1D0395 bnb
020130609 Uk 020275219 Uk
Transgenic plants--Africa--Ghana.
Crops--Genetic engineering--Africa--Ghana.
Genetically modified foods--Africa--Ghana.
Agriculture--Africa--Ghana.
Development studies.
Agriculture.
Crops--Genetic engineering.
Economic history.
Genetically modified foods.
Transgenic plants.
Ghana--Economic conditions.
Ghana.
Electronic books.
SB123.57 / .I563 2021eb
631.5233096