Peer-Reviewed - Matthew A. Schnurr

Please contact me at matthew.schnurr@dal.ca for copies of any articles that you are unable to access through the links provided.

Schnurr. (2015). GMO 2.0: Genetically Modified crops and the push towards Africa’s Green Revolution. Canadian Food Studies, 2(2), 201-208

This article grapples with the debate over the potential for second-generation GM crops – GMO 2.0 – and raises important questions about reception by end-users, scale, implications of breeding technologies, and donor impact. I argue that researchers and policy-makers need to move beyond the bifurcated debate to consider GM crops in specific ecological, economic and …

Schnurr, De Santo, Green, & Taylor. (2015). Investigating student perceptions of learning within a role-play simulation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Journal of Geography, 114 (3), 94-107

Longitudinal data were mobilized in the form of quantitative and qualitative surveys to investigate how role-play simulation impacts student perceptions of knowledge acquisition. Through the analysis, we conclude that simulation should be embedded in the overarching logic of the course for knowledge transmission, and online technologies have the potential to enhance student learning. Full-text

Schnurr, Mujabi-Mujuzi, Miiro, & Addison. (2015). Can Genetically Modified crops help African farmers? Insights from Uganda. In: Analyses: Africa’s Future… Can biosciences contribute? Cambridge: Lavenham Press, 28-36.

This collaborative project uses diagnostic research to investigate farmer attitudes and intentions to adopt GM matooke banana and assess whether this technology benefits farmer yields and livelihoods. We counter the common assumption that a single technology can succeed in different settings across the continent of Africa. Instead, the potential impact of GM technologies must be …

Schnurr & Gore. (2015). Getting to ‘yes’: The evolution of biotechnology regulation in Uganda. Journal of International Development, 27, 55-72.

Written with my colleague Chris Gore from Ryerson University, this article critically examines the evolution of the regulatory regime to manage the potential social, environmental and health risks associated with the introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Uganda. The paper investigates the inter-relationships that connect the various elements of GMO regulation, arguing that current …

Moseley, Schnurr, & Bezner-Kerr. (2015). Interrogating the (neoliberal) agenda for agricultural development and hunger alleviation in Africa. African Geographical Review, 34 (1), 1-7

This paper reviews the history of African agricultural and food security policy in the post-colonial period in order to contextualize the productionist approach embedded in the New Green Revolution for Africa. Full-text

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