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The Green Revolution in the Global South : Science, Politics, and Unintended Consequences /

"The Green Revolution was devised to increase agricultural production worldwide, particularly in the developing world. Agriculturalists employed anhydrous ammonia and other fertilizing agents, mechanical tilling, hybridized seeds, pesticides, herbicides, and a multitude of other techniques to i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hurt, R. Douglas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1: Latin America
  • 2: South Asia
  • 3: East and Southeast Asia
  • 4: China
  • 5: Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 6: Green or Gene Revolution
  • 7: Reflections
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index