Starved for Science - How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa

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Policy Seminar

Speaker: Robert Paarlberg, Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College, and Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Commentator: Eija Pehu, Senior Advisor, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, World Bank
Chair: Mark Rosegrant, Division Director, Environment and Production Technology, IFPRI

Location:
International Food Policy Research Institute

2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Fourth Floor Conference Facility
Monday, March 24, 2008
3:30-5:00 pm
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Video

Mark Rosegrant (Introduction)
Robert Paarlberg

Abstract

How do donors support modern agricultural science in Africa? Why do some global pressure groups oppose the use of modern biotechnology? What impact does the negative attitude on biotechnology have on poverty and hunger in rural Africa? Robert Paarlberg will share highlights from his new book Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept out of Africa, and Eija Pehu will comment and address the implications of denying technological access to African farmers.

Books will be available for sale the day of the event.

IFPRI is supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

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