The violence of the green revolution : third world agriculture, ecology and politics /

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The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have followed it, this supposedly nonviolent revolution has left lands ravaged by violence and ecological scarcity. A dedicated empiricist, Vandana Shiva takes...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shiva, Vandana (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2016]
Series:Culture of the land.
Subjects:
Agriculture > Economic aspects > India > Punjab.
Agricultural ecology > India > Punjab.
Green Revolution > India > Punjab.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Inde > Pendjab.
Écologie agricole > Inde > Pendjab.
Révolution verte > Inde > Pendjab.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.
Agricultural ecology.
Agriculture > Economic aspects.
Green Revolution.
Social conditions.
Punjab (India) > Social conditions.
Pendjab (Inde) > Conditions sociales.
India > Punjab.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Science and politics in the green revolution
  • "Miracle seeds' and the destruction of genetic diversity
  • Chemical fertilizers and soil fertility
  • Intensive irrigation, large dams and water conflicts
  • The political and cultural costs of the green revolution
  • Pepsico for peace? the ecological and political risks of the biotechnology revolution
  • The seed and the spinning wheel: the political ecology of technological change.

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