The Making of Modern Agriculture in Independent India: Global Knowledge Network, National Planning, and the Green Revolution (1)

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Synopsis
This book provides a comprehensive historical account of agricultural development in independent India. It studies concerns regarding food shortages in the years immediately after independence, covers the debates over the introduction of Green Revolution technology, and examines the knowledge network that facilitated the introduction of new seeds.The book presents a critical examination of agricultural modernisation—its technoscientific practices, manpower, and institutions—and provides deeper insights into how it shaped the rural economy, the relationships it maintained with agricultural sciences, and the extensive control it sought to exert over the environment. It examines multiple facets of food crop research, from sites of knowledge production, transnational knowledge networks, and the evolution of the research community, to the challenges faced by Indian agricultural scientists.An important contribution, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of South Asian Studies, agriculture, food security, historians of science and technology, environmental studies, developmental studies, agrarian studies, modern Indian history, and the Cold War.
Copyright:
2026

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
230 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781040412299
Related ISBNs:
9781003500285, 9781032764269, 9781040412251
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Madhumita Saha
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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