Coming to terms with tropical ecology: technology transfer during the early Green Revolution
That plants native to one region of the world often fare poorly when transferred to another region has long been known. It seems odd, therefore, that the Green Revolution (GR) programmes of the 1950s and into the ‘60s sought to transfer temperate zone technology to the tropics. Proponents of the GR,...
Main Author: | Jonathan Harwood |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2021-07-01
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Series: | International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2021.1908747 |
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