Campaigns against Hunger /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Stakman, E. C. (Autor), Bradfield, Richard (Autor), Mangelsdorf, Paul C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Edición:Reprint 2014
Temas:
Agricultural assistance, American > Mexico.
Agriculture > Mexico.
Wirtschaft.
Agricultural assistance, American > Mexico.
Food Supply.
Hunger.
Mexico.
Rockefeller Foundation. Agriculture Program.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Then and Now in Mexico: A Preview of the Agricultural Revolution
  • Chapter 2. The Genesis of the Mexican Program: The Events That Produced It and Determined Its Pattern
  • Chapter 3. Putting the Wheels in Motion: Pioneers Go to Work
  • Chapter 4. Corn: Reshaping the Daily Bread of Mexico
  • Chapter 5. The Wheat Revolution: More Bread for the Hungry
  • Chapter 6. Beans: Improving the Meat of the Poorer Mexicans
  • Chapter 7 Mobile Reserves: Potatoes and Other Vegetables, Soybeans, and Sorghums
  • Chapter 8. Soils, Water, and Man: How Mexico Learned to Use Them Better - An Example for Emerging Countries
  • Chapter 9. Crop Protection: Better Methods of Fighting Pests and Pathogens
  • Chapter 10. The Livestock Story: More and Better Feed to Produce Milk, Eggs, and Meat
  • Chapter 11. Education: The Evolution of Agricultural Scientists and Educators
  • Chapter 12. Extension: Getting Farmers to Use the Results of Research
  • Chapter 13. Extending the Mexican Pattern: Action Programs in Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile
  • Chapter 14 India: Modifying a Pattern to Suit Special Conditions
  • Chapter 15. The International Corn Program: Assembling and Distributing Superior Germ Plasm
  • Chapter 16. The International Wheat Program: Extending Mexico's Gains Far beyond Her Borders
  • Chapter 17. The International Rice Research Institute: A New Pattern of Joint Operations by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations
  • Chapter 18. Lessons Learned and Future Prospects
  • Index

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