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03376aam a2200433 i 4500 001 1A606FAE803411ED944134D030ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221220010056 008 200516t20212021enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781786996558 020 $a 1786996553 035 $a (OCoLC)1154302468 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d NJB $d ERASA $d EAU $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d SILO 043 $a f-gh--- 050 4 $a SB123.57 $b .I563 2021 082 04 $a 306.34909667 $2 23 100 1 $a Ignatova, Jacqueline A., $e author. 245 10 $a Contesting Africa's new Green Revolution : $b biotechnology and philanthrocapitalist development in Ghana / $c Jacqueline A. Ignatova. 264 1 $a London : $b Zed Books, $c 2021. 300 $a xxi, 189 pages ; $c 25 cm 490 1 $a Politics and development in contemporary Africa 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-180) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Chapter 1. Green Revolution discourse, structural adjustment, and the "enabling environment" for agribusiness -- Chapter 2. Philanthrocapitalism and the politics of public-private partnerships -- Chapter 3. Biocapital, "pro-poor" biotechnology, and legislative changes in the seed sector -- Chapter 4. Technological savior or terminator gene? Biotechnology, food security, and the political economy of hype -- Chapter 5. Experts, entrepreneurs, and the "last mile user" -- Interlude: On "mixing" -- Chapter 6. Neocolonial anxieties -- Conclusion. 520 8 $a 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. 650 0 $a Transgenic plants $x Social aspects $z Ghana. 650 0 $a Investments, Foreign $z Ghana. 650 0 $a Corporate sponsorship $z Ghana. 651 0 $a Ghana $x Politics and government. 651 0 $a Ghana $x Environmental conditions. 650 7 $a Corporate sponsorship. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00879716 650 7 $a Ecology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901476 650 7 $a Investments, Foreign. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00978370 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a Ghana. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208741 776 08 $i Ebook version : $z 9781786996589 830 0 $a Politics and development in contemporary Africa. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117022747.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1A606FAE803411ED944134D030ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search