Bøger af Odunayo C. Adebooye

Basically, the contemporary manipulation of identifiable living cells and bacteria in industrial andscientific processes has been functionally essentialized by the desire to improve on the state of thehuman condition in this modernizing era. Meanwhile, the prevalent globalizing culture has made itfeasible for quick exchange of information and, indeed, instant spread of cogent empirical knowledge.Such is the case with biotechnological development, which seeks to enhance agricultural productivity;health care delivery and, of course, the realization of the focal target of the ¿Millennium DevelopmentGoals¿ (MDGs), that is ¿halving extreme poverty by 2015¿. As noble as this innovation seemshowever, its application in Nigeria as obtainable in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa has been largelyuncoordinated, or at best, attenuated; ostensibly due to inactivity on the part of the political leadership.This study focuses on the explication of varying interpretations of the reality of biotechnologicalincorporation within Nigerian configuration. On the part of the policy planners, have usualproclamations been met with desired actions in the bid to localize such innovation in the country? Arethey conscious of its long-run human, social and environmental implications? On the other hand, arethe people ¿ the supposed direct beneficiaries of such adaptation aware of its existence andusefulness? How do they perceive and construct its reality? These and related issues are addressed inthis study. The methods of In-depth Interviews (IDIs) and Evaluation Research (ER) are engaged asthe study¿s modes of inquiry, while Berger and Luckmann¿s ¿The Social Construction of Reality¿ isadopted as its theoretical platform.