| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 317 pages ): illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Flows, migrations, and exchanges |
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Flows, migrations, and exchanges.
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| Contents |
1. The paradise of America -- 2. Prophets of a promised land -- 3. The most necessary occupation -- 4. Sugarcane genealogies -- 5. Quixotic developments -- 6.The Cold War Cauca Valley: from the CAP to CIAT -- Epilogue - Beyond the gates: sugarcane monoculture and CIAT in the Cauca Valley |
| Summary |
"In November 2017, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at its headquarters outside Palmira, Colombia. As an important research center of the so-called Green Revolution in agricultural science and technologies, CIAT emphasizes its contributions to sustainability, food security, gender equity, inclusive markets, and resilient, climate-smart agriculture. Yet these terms hardly describe the Cauca Valley where CIAT is physically located, a place that has been transformed into an industrial monoculture of sugarcane where thirteen Colombian corporations oversee the vast majority of this valley's famously fertile soil. This exemplifies the paradox Timothy W. Lorek describes: an international research center emphasizing small-scale and sustainable agricultural systems sited conspicuously on a landscape otherwise dominated by a large-scale corporate sugarcane industry"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical.
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Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical |
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Agriculture -- Research -- Colombia -- Cauca River Valley -- History -- 20th century
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Agricultural development projects -- Political aspects -- Colombia -- Cauca River Valley
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Agricultural assistance, American -- Colombia -- Cauca River Valley -- History -- 20th century
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Green Revolution -- Colombia -- Cauca River Valley -- History -- 20th century
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Sugarcane industry -- Colombia -- Cauca River Valley -- History -- 20th century
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Globalization -- Colombia -- Cauca River Valley
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Cold War.
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SCIENCE / Environmental Science
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Agricultural assistance, American
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Agriculture -- Research
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Globalization
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Green Revolution
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Politics and government
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Sugarcane industry
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Colombia -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Colombia
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Colombia -- Cauca River Valley
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022058212 |
| ISBN |
9781469673844 |
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1469673843 |
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