Keyword: biotechnology

Does Africa Really Need Biotechnology for Agricultural Development?

Picture: Nullscore Saliem Fakir - Book Review Book: Starved for Science - How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa Author: Robert Paarlberg Publisher: Harvard University Press First Published: 2008 ISBN-10: 0674029739 David Edgerton, in his book, The Shock of the Old: Technology and global history since 1900 (2008), made a poignant observation: that often when used-based histories of technology are written, it is inevitable that in the name of progress, the new is always more advanced than the old and that...