Making the Green Revolution : agriculture & conflict in Colombia /

"In November 2017, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at its headquarters outside Palmira, Colombia. As an important research center of the so-called Green Revolution in agricultural science and technologies, CIAT emphasizes its contribu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lorek, Timothy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Colección:Flows, migrations, and exchanges.
Temas:
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical.
1900-1999
Agriculture > Research > Colombia > Cauca River Valley > History > 20th century.
Agricultural development projects > Political aspects > Colombia > Cauca River Valley.
Agricultural assistance, American > Colombia > Cauca River Valley > History > 20th century.
Green Revolution > Colombia > Cauca River Valley > History > 20th century.
Sugarcane industry > Colombia > Cauca River Valley > History > 20th century.
Globalization > Colombia > Cauca River Valley.
Cold War.
SCIENCE / Environmental Science
Agricultural assistance, American.
Agriculture > Research.
Globalization.
Green Revolution.
Politics and government.
Sugarcane industry.
Colombia > Politics and government > 20th century.
Colombia.
Colombia > Cauca River Valley.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The paradise of America
  • 2. Prophets of a promised land
  • 3. The most necessary occupation
  • 4. Sugarcane genealogies
  • 5. Quixotic developments
  • 6.The Cold War Cauca Valley: from the CAP to CIAT
  • Epilogue - Beyond the gates: sugarcane monoculture and CIAT in the Cauca Valley.

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