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Geopolitics and the Green Revolution: Wheat, Genes, and the Cold War

Autor John H. Perkins
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 ian 1998
Cereal grains like wheat and rice are important, because they are the basis of most food supplies. Yields of such crops have increased dramatically during the past 100 years and especially since 1950, leading to what was often called the Green Revolution. This book examines why the United States, India, Britain and Mexico each sought to develop high yield wheat production. Although the increase in yield has been attributed to plant breeding science, security concerns and management of foreign exchange were prime motivators of the new technologies. This relationship has not been previously developed in studies of agricultural modernization, and will plague future efforts to make agriculture equitable and sustainable.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780195110135
ISBN-10: 0195110137
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: halftones, line figures
Dimensiuni: 242 x 161 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

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'...an important book on the development of wheat breeding in the United States, Great Britain, India and Mexico during the 20th century...The book's strength is its descriptive power, especially in intellectual hisotr...Throughout, Perkins provides his readers with an excellent introduction to a variety of complex topics...'