4 edition of Green revolutions reconsidered found in the catalog.
Published
2001
by Oxford University Press in New Delhi, New York
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | Himmat Singh. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | S494.5.I5 S536 2000 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | ix, 302 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 302 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL4006137M |
| ISBN 10 | 0195651898 |
| LC Control Number | 2001361480 |
The Green Revolution Reconsidered By Martin LeFevre , pm. Norman Borlaug, the chief scientist and driving force behind the Green Revolution, died last week. Vigorous and working in the field of plant pathology and hybridization into his '90's, he passed away at But the dilemmas that the Green Revolution exemplified persist. Green Revolution in Africa, which also served as its banner programme during Conway’s stint. In his highly celebrated book, Conway argues that the Green Revolution has benefited the world’s poor by providing sufficient and affordable food, and thus saved the world from hunger. He notes, however, that the gains of the Green Revolution have not.
THE GREEN REVOLUTION By Akmal Hussain The term ‘Green Revolution’ refers to the adoption in the mid s of the new high yielding varieties (HYV) of food grains. The Green Revolution technology enabled a three-fold increase in the output of food grains between to , thereby accelerating economic growth during the period2. The most. The so-called green revolution of that wasn't. Sometimes using our scientific knowledge to explain the Bible actually proves our skill at re-interpretation rather than actual reading of .
The Green Revolution in India refers to a period when Indian agriculture was converted into an industrial system due to the adoption of modern methods and technology such as the use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, tractors, irrigation facilities, pesticides, and was mainly found by M.S. was part of the larger Green revolution endeavor initiated by Norman. Green revolution in India Green Revolution refers to the great increase in production of food grains (such as rice and wheat) due to the introduction of high-yielding varieties, to the use of pesticides, and to better management techniques. Green revolution was launched to achieve self- sufficiency in food grains. From ’s major changes.
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Hazell | download | B–OK. Download books for free. Find books. The Green Revolution reconsidered the impact of high-yielding rice varieties in South India Agricultural growth is essential for fostering economic development and feeding growing populations in most developing countries.
As land and water become increasingly scarce, this growth will depend more and more on yield-increasing technological chan.
ISBN: OCLC Number: Notes: Includes statistical tables. Description: ix, pages: maps ; 22 cm: Contents: 1. Green Revolution Technologies and Development Historical Underpinnings of Green Revolution Technologies Advent of the Green Revolution The Ripple Effect Expansion of Green Revolution Technologies Beyond Agriculture: The Revolution.
The Green Revolution reconsidered: the impact of high-yielding rice varieties in South India Author: P B R Hazell ; C Ramasamy ; P K Aiyasamy ; International Food Policy Research Institute. Book reviews The Green Revolution Reconsidered. Hazell and C. Ramasamy, The Johns Hopkins University Press for the International Food Policy Research Institute, Baltimore and London, pp.
Price: $ (hardback). ISBN Book: The Green Revolution reconsidered: the impact of high-yielding rice varieties in South India pp pp. Abstract: The Green Revolution has had significant impact on incomes and food supplies in many developing countries developing countries Subject Category: Miscellaneous.
"Green Revolution is a book with a vision of a better world realized not with great wealth, ambition, or resources, but with the possibilities, potential and power of empathy, compassion, and faith in action." (P.J. Ruschmann, Catholic Library World, June )Reviews: The green revolution reconsidered: The impact of high-yielding rice varieties in South India, edited by Peter B.R.
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The call in the work by Conway for a “Doubly Green Revolution,” which is repeated in his latest book, is important for the CGIAR and the NARSs to heed. The point that this work repeatedly makes is that understanding the underlying science is crucial to developing effective solutions.
Improved understanding of tropical and subtropical agroecologies is an important global public good. The Green Revolution refers to a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between and the late s in Mexico, which increased industrialized.
The Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Impact of High Yielding Rice Varieties in South India, eds. Peter B.R. Hazell and C. Ramasamy, (Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), ). Green Revolutions Reconsidered – The Rural World of Contemporary Punjab by Himmat Singh; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, ; ppRs Green Revolution book.
Read 3 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. We are facing planet-sized challenges. Climate change and environme /5(3). Inthe director of USAID coined the term “green revolution” to celebrate the new technological solutions that promised to ease hunger around the world—and forestall the spread of more “red,” or socialist, revolutions.
Yet in China, where modernization and scientific progress could not be divorced from politics, green and red revolutions proceeded side by side.
In Red Revolution. The Green Revolution also contributed to better nutrition by raising incomes and reducing prices,which permitted people to consume more calories and a more diversified increases occurred in per capita consumption of vegetable oils, fruits,vegetables,and livestock products in Asia.
The Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution, is a set of research technology transfer initiatives occurring between and the late s, that increased agricultural production worldwide, beginning most markedly in the late s.
The initiatives resulted in the adoption of new technologies, including high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of cereals, especially dwarf wheat and rice.
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A dedicated empiricist, Vandana Shiva takes a magnifying glass to the effects of the Green Revolution in India, examining the devastating effects of monoculture and commercial agriculture and revealing the nuanced relationship between ecological destruction and poverty.
This book is the first available survey of English agriculture between and It combines new evidence with recent findings from the specialist literature, to argue that the agricultural revolution took place in the century after The Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Impact of High Yielding Rice Varieties in South India Article (PDF Available) in American Journal of Agricultural Economics 75(1) February with Reads.
Geopolitics and the Green Revolution book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. During the last years, the worldwide yields of ce 4/5(1).
