ABSTRACT

Research is never free of pressures and constraints and to understand its results properly these have to be assessed and analyzed. In agriculture, research into biotechnology and GMOs, as well as pesticides and herbicides, is big business - agribusiness. This book looks at the crucial roles of funding and the political context on the research agenda and its results in agricultural development. It provides a critical evaluation of the participatory methods now widely used and explores the ways in which research into biotechnology have reflected the interests of the various parties involved.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|19 pages

What Drives Agricultural Research?

chapter 2|13 pages

From Jethro Tull to Grain Mountains

The Origins and Development of Agricultural Research Systems

chapter 3|33 pages

Agriculture and the Empire

Transferring Technocracies

chapter 4|24 pages

Modern Times

Agribusiness and Biotechnology

chapter 6|27 pages

A Compromised Participation?