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Seeds of plenty, seeds of sorrow /

Shows the effects of the once-vaunted Green Revolution in India. Instead of massive harvests of wheat, pesticide poisoning and fertilizer shortages have turned the revolution's workers into a new serf class and created a bureaucratic nightmare.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Media Workshop (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Bullfrog Films, Television Trust for the Environment, One World Group of Broadcasters
Other Authors: Datta, Manjira
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Hindi
Language Notes:In English and Hindi with English subtitles.
Published: Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, [between 2000 and 2009?]
Series:Developing stories. Environment and development (DVD videodiscs)
Subjects:
Green revolution > India.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > India.
Agriculture > Social aspects > India.
Documentary films.
Description
Summary:Shows the effects of the once-vaunted Green Revolution in India. Instead of massive harvests of wheat, pesticide poisoning and fertilizer shortages have turned the revolution's workers into a new serf class and created a bureaucratic nightmare.
Item Description:Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Awards:WWF-UK Award (best national documentary and current affairs programming) and British Environment and Media Awards, joint first prize.
Production Credits:Photographers, Jugal Debata, John Beck ; editor, Graham Whitlock ; music, John Barham.
ISBN:1594583749