How the Other Half Dies: The Real Reasons for World HungerMonograph on the causes of underdevelopment, hunger and food shortages in developing countries - affirms that the role of developed countries and of large agricultural enterprises and multinational enterprises work in cooperation with local elites to the detriment of poverty-stricken populations. References. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 43
Page 120
... Green Revolutionary , for without his disarming candour , one would be obliged to sift through any number of sources to compile a description of what the Green Revolution partly is a complex system for foreign agribusiness domination of ...
... Green Revolutionary , for without his disarming candour , one would be obliged to sift through any number of sources to compile a description of what the Green Revolution partly is a complex system for foreign agribusiness domination of ...
Page 121
... lost forever . Parts of the Near East are being described as genetic disaster areas . ' She also tells how , at a recent FAO meeting , ' the argument for encouraging seed breeding and multiplication to 121 The Green Revolution.
... lost forever . Parts of the Near East are being described as genetic disaster areas . ' She also tells how , at a recent FAO meeting , ' the argument for encouraging seed breeding and multiplication to 121 The Green Revolution.
Page 128
... Green Revolution is a Cornucopia or a Pandora's Box . Mr Wharton says , The quiet , passive peasant is already aware of the modern world – far more than we realize - and he is impatient to gain his share . The Green Revolution offers ...
... Green Revolution is a Cornucopia or a Pandora's Box . Mr Wharton says , The quiet , passive peasant is already aware of the modern world – far more than we realize - and he is impatient to gain his share . The Green Revolution offers ...
Contents
Some Shorthand Used in This Book | 9 |
Whos the Thief? | 23 |
The Population Myth | 53 |
Copyright | |
14 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Africa agribusiness agricultural American animals areas Bangladesh Bank's Bankers Programme Brazil capital Cargill cash crops cent chemical commercial commodity companies consumers contribute cooperation corporations developing countries economic élites example exports famine farm feed fertilizer financing firms food aid Food for Peace food production foreign funds grain Green Revolution harvest hectares HYVs IBRD important income increase India industry inputs institutions interest International investment labour land reform less loans major malnutrition McNamara ment MNCs multinational nations North Vietnam official OPEC organization peasants pesticides plant political poor countries population problem profits protein Ralston Purina René Dumont rice rich rural small farmers social soybeans Sri Lanka sugar supply Third World tion tractors trade UDCS underdeveloped Unilever United Vietnam Western wheat workers World Bank World Food Conference