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Contesting Africa's new green revolution : biotechnology and philanthrocapitalist development in Ghana / Jacqueline Ignatova.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Politics and development in contemporary AfricaPublisher: London, England : Zed Books, 2021Distributor: [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • electronic
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781350233683
  • 1350233684
  • 178699657X
  • 9781786996572
  • 9781786996589
  • 1786996588
  • 9781786996596
  • 1786996596
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 631.5233096 23
LOC classification:
  • SB123.57 .I563 2021eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: "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."-- Provided by publisher.
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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."-- Provided by publisher.

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