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03338aam a22004338i 4500 001 D0ED264E471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200204010450 008 190414s2019 quc b 001 0 eng c 020 $a 0773559035 020 $a 9780773559035 020 $a 0773559043 020 $a 9780773559042 035 $a (OCoLC)1096490269 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d NLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d NLC $d UPM $d COO $d SILO 042 $a pcc $a pcc 043 $a f------ 050 4 $a SB123.57 $b .S37 2019 055 0 $a SB123.57 $b .S36 2019 082 0 $a 631.5/233096 $2 23 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 100 1 $a Schnurr, Matthew A. $e author. 245 10 $a Africa's gene revolution : $b genetically modified crops and the future of African agriculture / $c Matthew A. Schnurr. 264 1 $a Montreal : $b McGill-Queen's University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a x, 326 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-305) and index. 520 $a "As development donors invest hundreds of millions of dollars into improved crops designed to alleviate poverty and hunger, Africa has emerged as the final frontier in the global debate over agricultural biotechnology. The first data-driven assessment of the ecological, social, and political factors that shape our understanding of genetic modification, Africa's Gene Revolution surveys twenty years of efforts to use genomics-based breeding to enhance yields and livelihoods for African farmers. Matthew Schnurr considers the full range of biotechnologies currently in commercial use and those in development - including hybrids, marker-assisted breeding, tissue culture, and genetic engineering.. Drawing on interviews with biotechnology experts alongside research conducted with more than two hundred farmers across eastern, western, and southern Africa, Schnurr reveals a profound incongruity between the optimistic rhetoric that accompanies genetic modified technology and the realities of the smallholder farmers who are its intended beneficiaries. Through the lens of political ecology, this book demonstrates that the current emphasis on improved seeds discounts the geographic, social, ecological, and economic contexts in which the producers of these crops operate. Bringing the voices of farmers to the foreground of this polarizing debate, Africa's Gene Revolution contends that meaningful change will come from a reconfiguration not only of the plant's genome, but of the entire agricultural system."-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 2 $a The promotion, science, and regulation of GM crops -- GMO 1.0: first-generation GM crops targeting insect resistance and herbicide tolerance in commodity crops -- GMO 2.0: second-generation GM crops targeting traits and crops that matter to poor farmers. 650 0 $a Transgenic plants $z Africa. 650 0 $a Crops $x Genetic engineering $z Africa. 650 0 $a Agriculture $z Africa. 650 7 $a Agriculture. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00801355 650 7 $a Crops $x Genetic engineering. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00884007 650 7 $a Transgenic plants. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01154677 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200204023332.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D0ED264E471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search