The violence of the green revolution third world agriculture, ecology, and politics /
A magnifying glass [on] 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.
| Main Author: | Shiva, Vandana, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press Of Kentucky,
2016.
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| Physical Description: |
264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. |
| Series: |
Culture of the land.
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| Subjects: |
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.