Green Revolution
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50 Years Of Green Revolution
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Author : M. S. Swaminathan
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Release Date : 2017-03-14
50 Years Of Green Revolution written by M. S. Swaminathan and has been published by World Scientific Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-14 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The green revolution in India about 50 years ago transformed India's image then as begging bowl to bread basket. This transformation during the 1960s took just about 4 years. The yield increases achieved in wheat and then in rice which occurred in just about half decade is far in excess of the yield increases during the preceding 4000 years. This remarkable feat was achieved with the leadership of the author using the dwarf wheat types which had been produced by Norman Borlaug in Mexico. The research and development of green revolution of wheat and rice at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi was led by the author along with his team of students and co-workers. He has published over 100 papers on green revolution and the ever-green revolution which is a refinement of the former. This book is a compilation of just about 40 of his numerous research papers, monographs and books published by him on this subject. The papers in this book bring out the scientific basis of the modification of the plant type so as to be responsive to exogenous addition of chemical fertilizers and irrigation. The ideal plant type enables capture of adequate sunlight and using the chemical fertilizers added to the soil, produce substantial photosynthetic starch. And because the plants have short and thick culm, they are able to withstand enormous amounts of grains in their ears. This indeed was the basis of breaking the yield barriers associated with native varieties. The book also brings out that green revolution had established the food security at the national level but not at the individual household levels of millions of resource-poor rural small and marginal farming, fishing and landless families. Further green revolution was commodity-centric and the manner of its practice led to environmental degradation and social inequities. This author realized as early as 1972 that system of agriculture in India should be designed to fight both the famines of food and rural livelihoods. In pursuit of it, this author further designed an evergreen revolution with systems approach. What this means is providing concurrent attention to ecological foundations of agriculture and the livelihoods of the rural people. The book also brings out that green revolution was a team effort involving scientists, policy makers, administrators, farmers and students. This book is an outstanding example of green revolution providing a breathing space by putting the cereal grain production rate ahead of the population growth rate and then when food security has been adequately established, the system is changed to achieve productivity in perpetuity without causing environmental and social harm.
Green Revolution And Its Impacts
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Author : Mahesh V. Joshi
language : en
Publisher: APH Publishing
Release Date : 1999
Green Revolution And Its Impacts written by Mahesh V. Joshi and has been published by APH Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Agricultural innovations categories.
China S Green Revolution
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Author : Benedict Stavis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
China S Green Revolution written by Benedict Stavis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with History categories.
Green Revolution And Its Impacts
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Author : Mahesh V. Joshi
language : en
Publisher: APH Publishing
Release Date : 1999
Green Revolution And Its Impacts written by Mahesh V. Joshi and has been published by APH Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Agricultural innovations categories.
The Green Revolution In The Global South
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Author : R. Douglas Hurt
language : en
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Release Date : 2020-03-03
The Green Revolution In The Global South written by R. Douglas Hurt and has been published by University Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-03 with History categories.
A synthesis of the agricultural history of the Green Revolution The Green Revolution was devised to increase agricultural production worldwide, particularly in the developing world. Agriculturalists employed anhydrous ammonia and other fertilizing agents, mechanical tilling, hybridized seeds, pesticides, herbicides, and a multitude of other techniques to increase yields and feed a mushrooming human population that would otherwise suffer starvation as the world’s food supply dwindled. In The Green Revolution in the Global South: Science, Politics, and Unintended Consequences, R. Douglas Hurt demonstrates that the Green Revolution did not turn out as neatly as scientists predicted. When its methods and products were imported to places like Indonesia and Nigeria, or even replicated indigenously, the result was a tumultuous impact on a society’s functioning. A range of factors—including cultural practices, ethnic and religious barriers, cost and availability of new technologies, climate, rainfall and aridity, soil quality, the scale of landholdings, political policies and opportunism, the rise of industrial farms, civil unrest, indigenous diseases, and corruption—entered into the Green Revolution calculus, producing a series of unintended consequences that varied from place to place. As the Green Revolution played out over time, these consequences rippled throughout societies, affecting environments, economies, political structures, and countless human lives. Analyzing change over time, almost decade by decade, Hurt shows that the Green Revolution was driven by the state as well as science. Rather than acknowledge the vast problems with the Green Revolution or explore other models, Hurt argues, scientists and political leaders doubled down and repeated the same missteps in the name of humanity and food security. In tracing the permutations of modern science’s impact on international agricultural systems, Hurt documents how, beyond increasing yields, the Green Revolution affected social orders, politics, and lifestyles in every place its methods were applied—usually far more than once.
Jacob Green S Revolution
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Author : S. Scott Rohrer
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-01-14
Jacob Green S Revolution written by S. Scott Rohrer and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Part biography and part microhistory, Jacob Green’s Revolution focuses on two key figures in New Jersey’s revolutionary drama—Jacob Green, a radical Presbyterian minister who advocated revolution, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler, a conservative Anglican minister from Elizabeth Town who was a leading loyalist spokesman in America. Both men were towering intellects who were shaped by Puritan culture and the Enlightenment, and both became acclaimed writers and leading figures in New Jersey—Green for the rebelling colonists, Chandler for the king. Through their stories, this book examines the ways in which religion influenced reform during a pivotal time in American history.
Green Revolution
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Author : H. K. Jain
language : en
Publisher: THE GREEN REVOLUTION: HISTOR
Release Date : 2010
Green Revolution written by H. K. Jain and has been published by THE GREEN REVOLUTION: HISTOR this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Technology & Engineering categories.
India S Green Revolution
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Author : Francine R. Frankel
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-08
India S Green Revolution written by Francine R. Frankel and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-08 with Business & Economics categories.
The success of the agricultural policy adopted in 1965 has given India the hope of escaping from its circle of poverty. At the same time the increased rate of economic development seems to have exacerbated social tensions and accentuated disparities that may eventually undermine the foundations of rural political stability. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Green Revolution
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Author : M. Bazlul Karim
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1986-05-20
The Green Revolution written by M. Bazlul Karim and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-05-20 with Business & Economics categories.
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The Doubly Green Revolution
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Author : Gordon Conway
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-24
The Doubly Green Revolution written by Gordon Conway and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-24 with Social Science categories.
Today more than three quarters of a billion people go hungry in a world where food is plentiful. A distinguished scientist here sets out an agenda for addressing this situation. Initially published in 1997 in the United Kingdom, the book is now available in the first edition produced for the Western hemisphere. In it, the author has updated information to reflect current economic indicators. This volume includes a foreword written for the previous edition by Ismail Serageldin of the World Bank. The original Green Revolution produced new technologies for farmers, creating food abundance. A second transformation of agriculture is now required—specifically, Gordon Conway argues, a "doubly green" revolution that stresses conservation as well as productivity. He calls for researchers and farmers to forge genuine partnerships in an effort to design better plants and animals. He also urges them to develop (or rediscover) alternatives to inorganic fertilizers and pesticides, improve soil and water management, and enhance earning opportunities for the poor, especially women.