The Violence of the Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology, and Politics (Culture Of The Land)

The Green Revolution Has Been Heralded As A Political And Technological Achievement Unprecedented In Human History. Yet In The Decades That Have Followed It, This Supposedly Nonviolent Revolution Has Left Lands Ravaged By Violence And Ecological Scarcity. A Dedicated Empiricist, Vandana Shiva Takes A Magnifying Glass To 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. In This Classic Work, The Influential Activist And Scholar Also Looks To The Future As She Examines New Developments In Gene Technology. Introduction -- 1. Science And Politics In The Green Revolution -- 2. 'miracle Seeds' And The Destruction Of Genetic Diversity -- 3. Chemical Fertilizers And Soil Fertility -- 4. Intensive Irrigation, Large Dams And Water Conflicts -- 5. The Political And Cultural Costs Of The Green Revolution -- 6. Pepsico For Peace? -- 7. The Seed And The Spinning Wheel : The Political Ecology Of Technological Change. Vandana Shiva. Originally Published: Penang, Malaysia : Third World Network, [1991]. Issued As Part Of Upcc Book Collections On Project Muse. Includes Bibliographical References. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. The Green Revolution is often touted as being one of independent India's most outstanding achievements. But behind the widely broadcast images of full granaries and an explorable gain surplus lies a grim tale of environmental and social carnage. In this book, already a classic, Vandana shiva, examines the impact of the Green Revolution in the state of Punjab. She documents the destruction of genetic diversity and soil fertility that resulted from the Green Revolution in the State, and also shows how the acute social and political conflicts that eventually emerged tore Punjab apart and continue to simmer. As India gets hopelessly mired in the brave new world of modern agriculture with its interactable problems, this book constitutes a warning about the horrors that lie ahead. It should spur the thoughtful and the concerned towards greater efforts in developing a workable, humane alternative

The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement—unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have followed it, this supposedly nonviolent revolution has left lands ravaged by violence and ecological scarcity. A dedicated empiricist, Vandana Shiva takes a magnifying glass to 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. In this classic work, the influential activist and scholar also looks to the future as she examines new developments in gene technology.

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