Two recent stories on NPR point to the limitations of the 1st green revolution, listen to them or read their transcripts in the links below.
Green Revolution’ Trapping India’s Farmers In Debt
……The groundwater problem has touched off an economic chain reaction. As the
farmers dig deeper to find groundwater, they have to install ever more
powerful and more [...]
To: Editors, Foreign Affairs
From: William Aal, Community Alliance for Global Justice, Seattle
Lucy Jarosz, Professor, Geography, University of Washington
Carol Thompson, Professor, Political Economy, Northern Arizona University
Re: Open Letter to Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University, UK,
in response to [...]
In a recent article in Foreign Affairs, Paul Collier advocates “slaying three giants” to end the food crisis “peasant agriculture, fear of scientific agriculture and the myth of biofuels to overcome US oil dependence.” CAGJ member William Aal, our recent guest Carol Thompson of Northern Arizona University and Lucy Jarosz of UW have written a [...]
CAGJ is proud to host Dr Thompson, Professor of Political Science Northern Arizona University. Details on Agra Watch including three papers she has provided us.
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