Technological and Social Dimensions of the Green Revolution
Connecting Pasts and Futures
- 96 pages
- English
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Technological and Social Dimensions of the Green Revolution
Connecting Pasts and Futures
About this book
Rising concerns about agricultural productivity and food security in rapidly changing economic and environmental contexts have led to renewed interest in agricultural development. But the extent to which new policies and programs will enable socially just and environmentally sustainable futures for rural communities remains a matter of intense debate. This book contributes to such debates by critically examining the intersection of agricultural histories, heterogeneous social contexts and new technological developments in rural communities across the Global South. It shows how experiences of the previous Green Revolution can inform new agricultural programs and enable equitable and participatory development in rural places. Through close engagement with rural communities, this book ensures that rural voices become part of the debate on agricultural development and suggests pathways for building on the gains of the Green Revolution without necessarily repeating its problematic social, technological and environmental aspects.
This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Citation Information
- 1. Introduction: Technological and social dimensions of the Green Revolution: connecting pasts and futures
- 2. Selling Guatemalaâs next Green Revolution: agricultural modernization and the politics of GM maize regulation
- 3. Evaluating the Green Revolution after a decade: a Swaziland case study
- 4. Malawiâs agricultural input subsidy: study of a Green Revolutionstyle strategy for food security
- 5. Challenges for under-utilized crops illustrated by ricebean (Vigna umbellata) in India and Nepal
- 6. Cropâlivestock systems in rural development: linking Indiaâs Green and White Revolutions
- 7. Growing inequality: agricultural revolutions and the political ecology of rural development
- Index