SOC 2080 Lecture 6: SOC 2080 - GMF
14 Feb 2016
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> it means an elevating structure that has social, cultural and economic and political dimensions. Green revolution : 1960"s conception: public research institutions funded by private foundations - ford and rockefeller. Disinterested or self interested funding - farm equipment and farm chemical were major inputs for this revolution. Wheat, rice, corn, coffee - major crops it hailed as a huge success. Yields increase substantially over next few decades. Advocates point out to india - from importer to exporter of grain. Yield increases seen in other crops - such as coffee then the problems begin to show. Initial critiques focus on scale effects of these technologies - impacts on small farmers - differentiation of farm operators (bigger take out the smaller) - impoverishment of majority. enrichment of minority of small capitalist farmers. Punjab of n india was heavily studied are - wheat, rice and cotton. Middle size farmers: day labourers or migrants to the cities.
