Informal governance of emerging technologies in Africa

M Harsh - International Handbook on informal governance, 2012 - elgaronline.com
In 2008 Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa and one of the poorest countries
in the world, became the third country in sub-Saharan Africa to commercially grow a …

Nongovernmental organizations and genetically modified crops in Kenya: Understanding influence within a techno-civil society

M Harsh - Geoforum, 2014 - Elsevier
Genetically modified (GM) crops in Kenya are situated in a highly networked and
transnational environment, where technical decisions are tied to livelihoods, politics and …

Equity and Participation in Decisions: What Can Nanotechnology Learn from Biotechnology in Kenya?

M Harsh - Nanotechnology and the Challenges of Equity, Equality …, 2011 - Springer
Discussions of equity and technology often focus on the distribution of risks and benefit. But
key to addressing these issues is how power to make decisions that shape those issues is …

Governance of biotechnology in Africa: the challenge of reconciling interdependencies and differences

J Mugwagwa, D Makinde - Asian Biotechnology and Development …, 2012 - oro.open.ac.uk
The article argues that an informed understanding of the differences and interdependencies
among different stakeholders within the biotechnology and biosafety arena is a key issue in …

Innovation and Development in Agricultural Biotechnology: Reflecting on Policy-Making Processes in Sub-Saharan Africa

J Mugwagwa, W Wamae - International Food Law and Policy, 2016 - Springer
The aim of this chapter is to improve our understanding of underlying policy processes,
conflicts and contradictions in agricultural biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The …