Beschreibung:
This book reviews the Green Revolution, starting with its inception and development from the 1940s to the 1970s, and leading to what is commonly referred to as a second Green Revolution in the 2000s.
1. Introduction and Background 2. The Green Revolution 3. Three Green Revolution Case Studies 4. Countervailing Forces - Structural Adjustment and the twenty-first Century Green Revolution 5. Gender and the Green Revolution: absent women 6. Conclusions