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How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa

Robert Paarlberg

Product Details

PAPERBACK

$22.00 • £17.95 • €20.00

ISBN 9780674033474

Publication Date: 08/05/2009

Short

256 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

3 halftones, 1 line illustration, 2 tables

World

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Robert Paarlberg is Betty F. Johnson Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College.

Norman Borlaug is Distinguished Professor of International Agriculture at Texas A&M University and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.

Jimmy Carter is former President of the United States. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

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