The Doubly Green Revolution : Food for All in the 21st Century free download pdf

Author: Gordon R. Conway
Published Date: 01 Oct 1999
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Original Languages: English
Format: Paperback::352 pages
ISBN10: 014026616X
ISBN13: 9780140266160
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Dimension: 128x 196x 28mm::140.61g
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The word “Green Revolution” was coined William S. Gaud of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 1968, for the introduction of new technology and policies implemented in the developing nations with aids from industrialized nations between the 1940s and the 1960s to increase the production and yield of food crops [7, 8]. We examine the evolution of the knowledge system of the Yaqui Valley, Mexico, a region often described as the home of the green revolution for wheat, tracing changes in the functions of critical knowledge system participants, information flows, and research priorities. The doubly green revolution:food for all in the twenty-first century. [Gordon Conway; Vernon W Ruttan; Ismail Serageldin] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for all in the 21st Century.The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for all in the 21st Century. G. Conway. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1999. 360 pp., illus. $16.95 (paper). Biodiversity Science and the Twenty-First Century Workforce The Doubly Green Revolution is a term used former Rockefeller Foundation president Gordon Conway and also the title of his 1997 book, The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the 21st Century.It refers to the original Green Revolution, an effort to increase crop yields through breeding of varieties dependent on heavy usage of inputs like fertilizer, irrigation, and pesticides in the Buy The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the 21st Century Gordon R. Conway (1997-11-27) Gordon R. Conway (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low … The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for all in the 21st Century, 1999. Introduction to Can We Feed Ourselves?: A Focus on Asia Lester R. Brown, 2000. After the Green Revolution: Sustainable Agriculture for Development, 2009, written with Edward B. Barbier. Science and Innovation for Development, 2010, written with Jeff Waage, foreword Professor Conway has authored The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for all in the 21st century (Penguin and University Press, Cornell) and co-authored Science and Innovation for Development (UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS)). His most recent book One Billion Hungry: Can we Feed the World? Is to be published in October, 2012. Dr Rajiv Shah has recommended Sir Gordon Conway's book, The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for all in the 21st Century, as one of five must read books on Breakthroughs in Development. Dr Rajiv Shah.Dr Rajiv Shah has led America’s international development agency since 2010. An Historical Perspective from the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution. Davies, W. P. (2003), An Historical Perspective from the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution. Nutrition Reviews, 61: S124–S134. Doi: .S124-S134. News HEAD OF USAID RAJIV SHAH RECOMMENDS THE DOUBLY GREEN REVOLUTION AS ONE OF FIVE MUST READ DEVELOPMENT BOOKS. Posted June 10th, 2011 Michael Hoevel & filed under News. Dr Rajiv Shah has recommended Sir Gordon Conway’s book, The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for all in the 21st Century, as one of five must read books on Breakthroughs in Development. The Doubly Green Revolution Gordon Conway. Rajiv Shah says: This is a dense read a wonderful leader in the field of agriculture. This book basically takes a look beyond the green revolution and at what needs to happen next in terms of securing food supplies and ending hunger. The talk Conway, author of the recently released book, The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the 21st Century, is free and open to the public. Conway is expected to emphasize the need for a global forum to address the potential benefits and risks of biotechnology, according to his university host, Stephen Kresovich, director of the Cornell Institute for Genomic Diversity. The gains in food production provided the Green Revolution have reached their ceiling while world population continues to rise. To ensure that the world's poorest people do not still go hungry in the twenty-first century, advances in plant biotechnology must be deployed for their benefit a strong public-sector agricultural research effort. In some respects this is a second edition of my book The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the 21st Century, first published in 1997. As I began to write I realized how much had changed in the intervening years. Most of the concepts and arguments remain … Biotechnology and Food Security in the 21st Century. Ismail Serageldin; questions about whether a new, “doubly green revolution”—environmentally sustainable as well as yield-increasing—could help food needs over the next two decades. The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the 21st Century (Cornell Univ. Press, The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century (Comstock Book) Paperback – February 17, 1999. Gordon Conway (Author) › Visit Amazon's Gordon Conway Page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for The Doubly green revolution:food for all in the twenty-first century. [Gordon Conway] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create were needed fast—an increase in food production had to be the top Green Revolution 21st century, as spelled out Cantrell and Hettel (2004b), are jumpstarting the Doubly Green Revolution in rice and perhaps providing models for other important food crops. The Doubly Green Revolution book. Today more than three quarters of a billion people go hungry in a world where food is plentiful. A distinguished scientist here sets out an agenda for addressing this situation. Wheat and soy is the principle hope for feeding the 21st century world.

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