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9780521109123

Understanding Green Revolutions: Agrarian Change and Development Planning in South Asia

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    9780521109123

  • ISBN10:

    0521109124

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-06-29
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Peasant societies in the Third World have undergone changes that are often regarded as sweeping and unparalleled; rapid population growth, progressive integration into the market economy and a Green Revolution in agricultural technology. This book is a critical examination of the truth behind these stereotypes. Twenty-one specialists in the field of development studies look at the reality of agrarian change, either through historical analysis, or through in-depth village field-work, or from their experience as development planners. The first four chapters provide the historical context of agrarian change in India, Latin America and pre-industrial Europe. These are followed by eight detailed case studies of the impact of the green Revolution at village level in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The book finishes with six analysis of the effectiveness of government policies designed to intervene in the development process in South Asia and in East Africa. The contributors to this book share a commitment to an interdisciplinary approach to the study of development problems.

Table of Contents

Preface
Understanding Green Revolutions: An Overview
The agricultural revolution in Western Europe
Land reform as a pre-condition for Green Revolution in Latin America
Frogs and farmers: the Green Revolution in India, and its murky past
Agrarian change and the Merchant State in Tamil
Agrarian Change at Village Level
Agrarian policy and agrarian change in tribal India
Migration and agrarian change in Garhwal district, Uttar Pradesh
Agricultural development in Tamil Nadu: two decades of land use change at village level
Energy flows and agrarian change in Karnataka: the Green Revolution at micro-scale
Income and wealth disparities in a land settlement of the Sri Lanka dry zone
Agrarian structure and agricultural innovation in Bangladesh
A structural analysis of two farms in Bangladesh
Development Planning and Agrarian Change
Rural-based models for rural development: the Indian experience
Planning and agrarian change in East Africa: appropriate and inappropriate models for land settlement scenes
Metropolitan expansion in India: spatial dynamics and rural transformation
Green Revolution and water demand: irrigation and ground water in
Social organisation and irrigation: ideology, planning and practice in Sri Lanka's settlement schemes
Environmental hazard and coastal reclamation: problems and prospects in Bangladesh
Beyond the Green Revolution: a selective essay
Index
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