Agronomy for development : the politics of knowledge in agricultural research /
edited by James Sumberg.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages)
- Pathways to sustainability .
"Selection and editorial matter, James Sumberg; individual chapters, the contributors"--Copyright statement, title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-192) and index.
chapter 1 Knowledge politics in development-oriented agronomy / chapter 2 On the movement of agricultural technologies: packaging, unpacking and situated reconfiguration / chapter 3 South–South cooperation and agribusiness contestations in irrigated rice: China and Brazil in Ghana / chapter 4 GM crops ‘for Africa’: contestation and knowledge politics in the Kenyan biosafety debate / chapter 5 Systems research in the CGIAR as an arena of struggle: competing discourses on the embedding of research in development / chapter 6 One step forward, two steps back in farmer knowledge exchange: ‘scaling up’ as Fordist replication in drag / chapter 7 When the solution became a problem: strategies in the reform of agricultural extension in Uganda / chapter 8 Sweet ‘success’: contesting biofortification strategies to address malnutrition in Tanzania / chapter 9 Crops in context: negotiating traditional and formal seed institutions / chapter 10 Laws of the field: rights and justice in development-oriented agronomy / chapter 11 A golden age for agronomy? / Jens A. Andersson -- Dominic Glover -- Kojo Amanor -- Stephen Whitfield -- Cees Leeuwis -- William G. Moseley -- Patience B. Rwamigisa -- Sheila Rao -- Ola T. Westengen -- James A. Fraser -- Ken E. Giller.
9781315284040 (e-book: PDF) 9781315284026
10.4324/9781315284057 doi
Agronomy--Research.
Crops and soils.
Crop science.
S596.7 / .A37 2017
631.4 / A281
"Selection and editorial matter, James Sumberg; individual chapters, the contributors"--Copyright statement, title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-192) and index.
chapter 1 Knowledge politics in development-oriented agronomy / chapter 2 On the movement of agricultural technologies: packaging, unpacking and situated reconfiguration / chapter 3 South–South cooperation and agribusiness contestations in irrigated rice: China and Brazil in Ghana / chapter 4 GM crops ‘for Africa’: contestation and knowledge politics in the Kenyan biosafety debate / chapter 5 Systems research in the CGIAR as an arena of struggle: competing discourses on the embedding of research in development / chapter 6 One step forward, two steps back in farmer knowledge exchange: ‘scaling up’ as Fordist replication in drag / chapter 7 When the solution became a problem: strategies in the reform of agricultural extension in Uganda / chapter 8 Sweet ‘success’: contesting biofortification strategies to address malnutrition in Tanzania / chapter 9 Crops in context: negotiating traditional and formal seed institutions / chapter 10 Laws of the field: rights and justice in development-oriented agronomy / chapter 11 A golden age for agronomy? / Jens A. Andersson -- Dominic Glover -- Kojo Amanor -- Stephen Whitfield -- Cees Leeuwis -- William G. Moseley -- Patience B. Rwamigisa -- Sheila Rao -- Ola T. Westengen -- James A. Fraser -- Ken E. Giller.
9781315284040 (e-book: PDF) 9781315284026
10.4324/9781315284057 doi
Agronomy--Research.
Crops and soils.
Crop science.
S596.7 / .A37 2017
631.4 / A281