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The violence of the green revolution : third world agriculture, ecology, and politics / Vandana Shiva
Livre
Edité par University Press Of Kentucky - 2016
A magnifying glass [on] the effects of the Green Revolution in India, examining the devastating effects of monoculture and commercial agriculture and revealing the nuanced relationship between ecological destruction and poverty
Science and politics in the green revolution. "Miracle seeds' and the destruction of genetic diversity. Chemical fertilizers and soil fertility. Intensive irrigation, large dams and water conflicts. The political and cultural costs of the green revolution. Pepsico for peace? the ecological and political risks of the biotechnology revolution. The seed and the spinning wheel: the political ecology of technological change.