Technological Change in Agriculture [electronic resource] : Locking in to Genetic Uniformity /
Hogg, Dominic.author.
Why do modern agricultural techniques, which are environmentally damaging, continue to be used? This path-breaking book seeks the answer to that question in an understanding of evolution of agricultural research in its cultural context.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface and Postscript; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Genetic Diversity in Agriculture: Its Rise, Fall and Significance; 2 Technological Change in Agriculture: Orthodox Views; 3 The Determinants of the Path of Technological Change in Agriculture: An Unorthodox View; 4 Beyond Orthodoxy: Locking in to Genetic Uniformity; Introduction to Case-Studies; 5 Hybrid Corn in the United States, 1900-1935; 6 The Road to Mexico's Green Revolution: Maize Research, 1940-55; 7 Biotechniques and the Neglect of Alternative Agriculture; 8 Conclusion
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why do modern agricultural techniques, which are environmentally damaging, continue to be used? This path-breaking book seeks the answer to that question in an understanding of evolution of agricultural research in its cultural context.
Development economics.
Pollution.
Agriculture.
Biochemistry.
Development Economics.
Pollution, general.
Agriculture.
Biochemistry, general.