The Green Revolution in the Global South: Science, Politics, and Unintended Consequences

by R. Douglas Hurt

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817320512
• ISBN13: 9780817320515
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"