Geopolitics and the Green Revolution : Wheat, Genes, and the Cold War
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195110137
ISBN-13
9780195110135
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 22nd, 1998
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
696 grams
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19.00 x 24.20 x 2.40 cms
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Perkins explores why four countries each sought to develop high yielding wheat production. National security concerns and management of foreign exchange were prime motivators of the new technologies, a relationship that has not been previously developed in studies of agricultural modernization.
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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