The ‘green revolution’ in South Asian ricefields: Environment and production
- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Development Studies
- Vol. 15 (4) , 304-319
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220387908421735
Abstract
Many of the arguments on the ‘green revolution’ in rice‐growing in South Asia are concerned with socio‐economic factors in the adoption of the new technology and with unequal distributive consequences. This essay, while not denying the importance of these arguments, shows that the varying natural environment in South Asia still exercises a critical and differential effect on the adoption of new varieties, with implications for equity and lessons for plant‐breeders and others.Keywords
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