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1 online resource (217 pages) |
| Series |
Pathways to Sustainability |
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Pathways to sustainability series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Knowledge politics in development-oriented agronomy; 2 On the movement of agricultural technologies: packaging, unpacking and situated reconfiguration; 3 South-South cooperation and agribusiness contestations in irrigated rice: China and Brazil in Ghana; 4 GM crops 'for Africa': contestation and knowledge politics in the Kenyan biosafety debate; 5 Systems research in the CGIAR as an arena of struggle: competing discourses on the embedding of research in development |
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6 One step forward, two steps back in farmer knowledge exchange: 'scaling up' as Fordist replication in drag7 When the solution became a problem: strategies in the reform of agricultural extension in Uganda; 8 Sweet 'success': contesting biofortification strategies to address malnutrition in Tanzania; 9 Crops in context: negotiating traditional and formal seed institutions; 10 Laws of the field: rights and justice in development-oriented agronomy; 11 A golden age for agronomy?; References; Index |
| Summary |
"Over the last decade there has been renewed interest in food security and the state of the global food system. Population growth, climate change and food price spikes have combined to focus new attention on the technologies and institutions that underpin the production and consumption of food that is varied, nutritious and safe. Knowledge politics within development-oriented agronomy set the stage for some models of agricultural development to be favoured over others, with very real implications for the food security and wellbeing of many millions of people. Agronomy for Development demonstrates how the analysis of knowledge politics can shed valuable new light on current debates about agricultural development and food security. Using bio-physical and social sciences perspectives to address the political economy of the production and use of knowledge in development, this edited collection reflects on the changing politics of knowledge within the field of agronomy and the ways in which these politics feed and reflect the interests of a broad set of actors. This book is aimed at professionals working in agricultural research as well as students and practitioners of agricultural, rural and international development.?"--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Agronomy -- Research
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Crops and soils.
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Crop science.
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Agronomy -- Research
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Crop science
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Crops and soils
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315284040 |
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1315284049 |
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