Living with Materiality or Confronting Asian Diversity? The Case of Iron-Biofortified Rice Research in the Philippines
This article draws on findings from a multi-sited study of international science policy processes in rice biofortification.
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This article draws on findings from a multi-sited study of international science policy processes in rice biofortification.
The status of international agricultural research as a global public good (GPG) has been widely accepted since the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s.
Published by: Earthscan
Biofortification - the enrichment of staple food crops with essential micronutrients - has been heralded as a uniquely sustainable solution to the problem of micronutrient deficiency or 'hidden hunger'.
Published by: STEPS Centre
Whether generic ‘silver bullet' solutions can address complex development problems has been debated for many years. The ‘grand...
Published by: STEPS Centre
This paper summarises findings of the STEPS Environmental Change and Maize Innovation in Kenya project. Maize is an important staple crop in Kenya, socially, politically and economically.
Published by: STEPS Centre
In the face of the pressing challenges posed by hunger, malnutrition and the vulnerability of our food system, it is imperative that...
This paper investigates why and how issues around the diffusion of GM technologies and products to developing countries have become so central to a debate which has shifted away from technical issues of cost-benefit optimisation in a context of uniform mass production and consumption in the North, to the moral case for GM crops to feed the hungry and aid 'development' in the South.