The Doubly Green Revolution

by Gordon Conway

Book Overview

Today more than three quarters of a billion people go hungry in a world where food is plentiful. A distinguished scientist here sets out an agenda for addressing this situation. Initially published in 1997 in the United Kingdom, the book is now available in the first edition produced for the Western hemisphere. In it, the author has updated information to reflect current economic indicators. This volume includes a foreword written for the previous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801486106
• ISBN13: 9780801486104
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

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Shows what can be done, how to do it, and why.

Participation in agricultural production, it has been repeatedly demonstrated, is the only clear guarantee of participation in food consumption. The author's central theme is that it is possible to raise yields three-fold on most smallholder farms worldwide by practicing sustainable agriculture. As an architect of the original Green Revolution he can acknowledge its failings (and its successes) better than most. The book's title refers to a need to move beyond the original Green Revolution to a new and more environmentally friendly agenda.The basic goals outlined in the book are: -Increase crop yields of small-scale farmers threefold per farm.-Do so at very low cost by making maximum use of indigenous resources: physical, biological, and human -thereby allowing even the very poor to benefit from improved methods.-Improve the health of families living on small farms by raising nutrition levels. -Expand access to food, energy, and water.-Expand access to economic resources.Disregard the neo-communist rhetoric of the first reviewer and buy this book - easily earns 8 stars on a scale of 1 to 5.