Geopolitics and the Green Revolution - Wheat, Genes, and the Cold War (Hardcover, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1998
First published:	December 1997
Authors:	John H. Perkins (Member of the Faculty of the Department of Biology and History of Environment and Technology)
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	350
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-511013-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Agriculture & related industries Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Crop husbandry > General
LSN:	0-19-511013-7
Barcode:	9780195110135

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