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Science Agriculture and Research

A Compromised Participation

By: Eddie Arthur, William Buhler, Susannah Bolton, Stephen Morse, Judy Mann

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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.

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'the book is aimed at a wide audience, and should appeal to people and organizations with an interest in food, agriculture, rural development, and research, and the philosophical and ethical questions that surround these important themes.'
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Tables and Figures	p. vii
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
The Approach Taken	p. 2
What Drives Agricultural Research?	p. 5
The Research Process and Policy--How Does it all Work?	p. 5
The Importance of Funding in Research	p. 9
Who Are the Funding Agencies, How Do They Work and What is Their Remit?	p. 12
Who is Intended to Benefit from the Research?	p. 15
The Peer-review Process and Research Funding	p. 16
The Funding Agency Panels and Boards and Who Influences Them	p. 17
The Importance of Accountability and Value for Money	p. 19
The Move to Short-termism	p. 21
From Jethro Tull to Grain Mountains: The Origins and Development of Agricultural Research Systems	p. 24
A Time-frame of Agricultural Developments since 1700	p. 24
Problems with Production	p. 25
The Agricultural Revolution: A Thirst for Knowledge and its Application	p. 27
Science into Practice--Early Models	p. 29
Shifting Power: The Democratization of Research	p. 31
The Politics of Agriculture--Protection versus Improvement	p. 32
The Industrialization of Agriculture and the Research Process	p. 35
Control and Accountability	p. 36
Agriculture and the Empire: Transferring Technocracies	p. 37
Introduction	p. 37
The Empire and Agricultural Research	p. 39
Case Study: Nigeria	p. 49
Agricultural Research Systems in Nigeria	p. 56
Agricultural Extension	p. 60
The CGIAR and Africa's Green Revolution	p. 62
Summary and Conclusions	p. 68
Modern Times: Agribusiness and Biotechnology	p. 70
Time-frame: 1947-2000	p. 70
Farming Priorities for UK Agricultural Research--Declining Participation	p. 71
Rothschild Report	p. 72
Determining Funding Objectives	p. 76
Guidance from Foresight	p. 77
Contributions from the EU	p. 81
Political Agenda of EU Integration?	p. 82
Applying Applied Science	p. 82
Academia and Industry Interactions	p. 85
Farmer Participation?	p. 87
Future--What Future?	p. 90
The Rise (and Further Rise?) of Participation	p. 94
Introduction	p. 94
The Origins of Participation	p. 95
Agro-ecosystem Analysis	p. 97
Farming Systems Research	p. 99
Rapid and Participatory Appraisal	p. 101
Current Fronts of Participation	p. 107
The Further Rise of Participation?	p. 109
Participation, Research and the CGIAR	p. 117
The Limits of Participation	p. 120
Summary and Conclusions	p. 123
A Compromised Participation?	p. 125
Introduction	p. 125
The Agricultural Process and Those Involved	p. 127
The Role of Agricultural Research	p. 132
Who are the Perceived Beneficiaries?	p. 133
Who Funds Agricultural Research?	p. 134
Accountability	p. 136
Public Perceptions	p. 138
Science and Society	p. 139
The Political Agenda of Research Funders	p. 142
Compromised Participation in Overseas Development	p. 146
Compromised Participation in the UK	p. 147
Concluding Comments	p. 149
References	p. 152
Index	p. 158
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