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After the Green Revolution - Sustainable Agriculture for Development (Paperback)
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After the Green Revolution - Sustainable Agriculture for Development (Paperback)
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'The Green Revolution' of the 60's and 70's produced immense gains
in food cereal production in the Third World. But there are huge
problems in the 'post-revolutionary' era: farmers with small or
marginal holdings have benefited less than wealthier farmers;
intensive mono-cropping has made production more susceptible to
environmental stresses and shocks. Now there is evidence of
diminishing returns from intensive and intensively chemical
agricultural production. What is needed is a new approach, equally
revolutionary, but different in its ideas and style. The authors
set out what they mean by 'sustainable' agriculture in the new era
and look at the effects of international economic restraints and of
national policies on the kind of development they see as necessary.
They chart a path for sustainable livelihoods for Third World
farmers enmeshed by forces outside their control. They describe
methods of evaluating and resolving the tough trade-offs all levels
of intervention, from international trade down to the individual
farm. This book cannot provide all the answers, but it does
indicate what international conditions we need to be aware of, what
national policies we need to advocate and what approaches at the
local level we need to adopt to ensure the goal of agricultural
sustainability. Originally published in 1990
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