The Green Revolution Is a Warning, Not a Blueprint for Feeding a Hungry Planet
The Green Revolution Is a Warning, Not a Blueprint for Feeding a Hungry Planet
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Section titled “Metadata”- Author: Glenn Davis Stone
- Full Title: The Green Revolution Is a Warning, Not a Blueprint for Feeding a Hungry Planet
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Section titled “Highlights”- Borlaug’s miracle seeds were not inherently more productive than many Indian wheat varieties. Rather, they just responded more effectively to high doses of chemical fertilizer. But while India had abundant manure from its cows, it produced almost no chemical fertilizer. It had to start spending heavily to import and subsidize fertilizer.
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