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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Green revolution"”.
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Conceptualizing technological change: technology transfer in the green revolution
… and neo-Schumpeterian-evolutionary studies. The Green Revolution, which is used as the empirical basis for testing these models, is generally referred to as the change in agricultural technology observed in some Third World countries in the 1960s and 70s as a result of the transfer of …
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The Green Revolution in California: The Real Costs and Benefits of Changing Electricity Production
… and law and order. What is often called the Green Revolution has focused on the effect of industrial growth on the health of the individuals living in that society and on the effects on climate. In the United States, the State that was the first to see this problem and the first to make …
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Harvesting Diversity Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the Transformation of the Green Revolution, 1950–2000
The Green Revolution, coined in 1968 by aid agencies to promote high-yielding cereals for economic development, has been scrutinized for its connection to American Cold War geopolitical strategies and its uneven socio-ecological outcomes. The thesis explores how scientists in Taiwan and Southeast …
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Green Economy / Green Revolution: an ecolinguistic critical discourse analysis of South African political parties' public communications on climate change.
… Although Africa contributes only 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the continent is the most vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis. At the same time, South Africa is an outlier to the rest of Africa, being the 12th highest greenhouse gas emitter worldwide (Global Carbon Atlas, …
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The apotheosis of the green revolution and the throes of landless peasant women in two Aegean villages of Turkey in the 1960s
… of the global economic development project, the GreenRevolution, on landless peasant women in two Aegean villages, Göllüce and Atalan, in Turkey by focusing on the changing material conditions of production, the genderless class-based organization of land occupations, state policies targeting …
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Who shapes agricultural transformation in Africa? exploring the case of the alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) from a think tank perspective
… equally to the Nairobi-based Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), which was initiated by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2006 and is often labelled as an agricultural think tank. Through its activities, AGRA aims to improve food security in …
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The new philanthropy and smallholder farmers' livelihoods. A case study of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in the northern region of Ghana
The new philanthropy is increasingly seen as a panacea and an alternative source of global development finance for rural development, especially in developing countries. The theoretical underpinning of the new philanthropy entails the idea that the private sector, led by philanthropists and civil …
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A study on energy harvesting through the use of electromagnetic dampers in motion control schemes
… toward sustainable living is often dubbed the "Green Revolution". Because the Green Revolution is concerned with environmentally friendly ways of energy production, and structural engineering often has the task of controlling and dissipating energy, the logical step would be to unite the two …
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An Econometric Study of Effects of National Rice Policies and the Green Revolution on National Rice Economies and International Rice Trade Among Less Developed and Developed Countries: With Special Reference to Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States
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Agricultural research practice for environmental management and poverty reduction : the case of CIAT
… production that has come to be known as the 'Green Revolution', arguing that the(less than ideal) outcomes of these changes reflected the characteristics of a particular network of research institutions known as the CG System, as mediated by the agricultural technology developed by the latter. …
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Conjunctures in Law and Development: Assemblages for Progress in Indian Agricultural Futures
… the legal, political, and social legacies of the Green Revolution and India's incorporation into the global knowledge economy shaping or undermining the emergent discourses, practices, and regulatory rationalities of India's current Climate Smart Agriculture development initiatives? To answer this …
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User-centered design of a fertilizer recommendation system for smallholder farmers
… fertilizer use, a negative consequence of the Green Revolution, is one of the primary causes of soil degradation and adversely impacts the environment, human health, and farm profitability. The problem can be addressed by adopting the principles of site-specific nutrient management (SSNM), …
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Point-of-use soil diagnostics : an actionable information system for resource constrained farmers
… modernization that followed, known as Green Revolution, transformed India from a net importer of food into an exporter. Although an appropriate response for abating the impending starvation, the Green Revolution inflicted several unintended consequences. For example, regulatory …
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Political economy of drugs and insurgency: the case of Punjab
… the unequal distribution of benefits from the Green Revolution. The state's economy has been in decline for the past decade, which, along with a rise in drug use and trade, represents grounds for a crisis that threatens its post-insurgency stability. The unaddressed drug epidemic allows the …
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Role of Public Procurement in Improving the Consumption of Millets
… to close to 800 million people. During the Green Revolution, an increased policy focus on staple grains, particularly rice, and wheat, resulted in the crowding out of traditional micronutrient-rich food crops. This study attempts to estimate the consumption-related impacts of extending …
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Enhancing Agricultural Co-operatives and Food Security through Public Policy in Nigeria
… and suspicions around policies motivated by “green revolution” thinking, and implementation failures around the delivery of promised loan funding, investment in roads, and education by extension officers.
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Compost marketing guidelines for solid municipal waste management in India
… into Indian agricultural practices since the Green Revolution. Additionally, the Indian government subsidizes the chemical fertilizers to promote agriculture at both the small- and industrial-scale. Compost currently does not receive subsidies from the federal level. Thus, companies need to …
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Are Barley Dwarfing Genes Important in Tolerance to Abiotic Stress?
… the semi-dwarf, high yielding wheat lines of the Green Revolution. In addition to reducing plant growth, the gain of function (GoF) mutants in which DELLA protein is stabilised were shown to confer resistance to salt stress in the model species Arabidopsis. In order to determine whether these …
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Culture, Gender, and Flavour in the Conservation of Chile Pepper in Mexico, 1970s-present
… These projects include both those linked to the Green Revolution, as well as the counter-movements which developed within ethnobotany and agroecology as a response to the industrialization of Mexican agriculture. Second, this work shows that other modes of relating to and caring for crops – in …
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