After the Green Revolution: Sustainable Agriculture for Development

by Edward B. Barbier and Gordon R. Conway

Book Overview

'The Green Revolution' of the 60's and 70's produced immense gains in food cereal production in the Third World. But there are huge problems in the 'post-revolutionary' era: farmers with small or marginal holdings have benefited less than wealthier farmers; intensive mono-cropping has made production more susceptible to environmental stresses and shocks. Now there is evidence of diminishing returns from intensive and intensively chemical agricultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415845947
• ISBN13: 9780415845946
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"