TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ignatova,Jacqueline
TI  - Contesting Africa's new green revolution: biotechnology and philanthrocapitalist development in Ghana 
T2  - Politics and development in contemporary Africa
SN  - 9781350233683
AV  - SB123.57 .I563 2021eb
U1  - 631.5233096 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London, England
PB  - Zed Books
KW  - Transgenic plants
KW  - Africa
KW  - Ghana
KW  - Crops
KW  - Genetic engineering
KW  - Genetically modified foods
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Development studies
KW  - bicssc
KW  - fast
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - "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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