Title Science, politics, and the agricultural revolution in Asia / edited by Robert S. Anderson, Paul R. Brass, Edwin Levy, Barrie Morrison

Published [Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (512 pages) Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Technology Transfer and the Commercialization of Indian Agriculture -- The Political Economy of Technological Innovation in Indian Agriculture -- Agricultural Modernization and Rural Inequality in the United States and India -- Institutional Transfer of Technology: The Land-Grant Model and the Agricultural University at Pantnagar -- Agricultural Universities and Transfer of Technology in India: The Importance of Management -- Alternate Routes to Agrarian Change and the Responsibility of Research -- Assumptions and Approach of the All-India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture -- Alternate Routes to Increasing Rice Yields and the Implications for Research in Sri Lanka -- Agricultural Research in Socialist China -- The Interplay of Science, Technology and Values in Agricultural Transfers and Research -- Technology as Political Weaponry -- The Responsibility of the Scientific and Technological Enterprise in Technology Transfers -- Centralized Research and the Complexity of Social Agriculture -- Removing the Limitations on Science: On the Responsibilities of Rice Research in Bangladesh -- Responsibilities of the Underwriters of the Agricultural Revolution -- Collaboration Between National and International Institutions in the Development of Improved Agricultural Technology -- Setting Priorities for Rice Research in Asia -- The Green Revolution and the Rural Poor in South Asia: Institutional Requirement -- United States--Sponsored Development: Is It Possible? Summary Agriculture in southern Asia has undergone a radical transformation in recent years, one that continues to alter the political economy of the area. Beyond the familiar elements of the green revolution, there has been an increase in resource exploitation for food production, and a rise in the economic and political strength of food producers, as wel Notes "First published 1982." Title details screen Subject Agricultural innovations -- Asia -- Congresses Agriculture -- Asia -- Congresses Agriculture -- Research -- Asia -- Congresses Agriculture and state -- Asia -- Congresses SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies. Agricultural innovations Agriculture Agriculture and state Agriculture -- Research Asia Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Anderson, Robert S., 1942- editor. Brass, Paul R., editor Levy, Edwin, editor Morrison, Barrie M., editor. ISBN 0429305486 9781000238990 1000238997 9781000310870 1000310876 9781000274936 1000274934 9780429305481

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