Towards a second green revolution : from chemical to new biological technologies in agriculture in the tropics : proceedings of the international meeting, held in Rome, Italy, 8-10 September, 1986 /

Genetic research in some fundamental crops, together with the use of chemicals as pesticides and fertilizers, opened the way in the 1950s and 1960s to great changes in methodology in agriculture - with astonishing results in the tropics. This change became known as the Green Revolution - a truly gre...

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Corporate Authors:	ScienceDirect (Online service), Accademia nazionale delle scienze detta dei XL, Commission of the European Communities, ENEA (Agency : Italy)
Other Authors:	Marini-Bettòlo, G. B. (Giovanni Battista)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; New York : New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Elsevier ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1987.
Series:	Developments in agricultural and managed-forest ecology ; v. 19.
Subjects:	Agricultural chemicals > Tropics > Congresses. Agricultural chemicals > Environmental aspects > Tropics > Congresses. Pesticides > Tropics > Congresses. Pesticides > Environmental aspects > Tropics > Congresses. Agricultural innovations > Tropics > Congresses. Produits chimiques agricoles > Régions tropicales > Congrès. Produits chimiques agricoles > Aspect de l'environnement > Régions tropicales > Congrès. Pesticides > Régions tropicales > Congrès. Agriculture > Innovations > Régions tropicales > Congrès. Agricultural chemicals Agricultural chemicals > Environmental aspects Agricultural innovations Pesticides Pesticides > Environmental aspects Tropics Electronic books. Congress proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès.
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Summary:	Genetic research in some fundamental crops, together with the use of chemicals as pesticides and fertilizers, opened the way in the 1950s and 1960s to great changes in methodology in agriculture - with astonishing results in the tropics. This change became known as the Green Revolution - a truly great revolution in methods and materials which, when applied with intelligence, made possible in a few years the achievement of complete sufficiency in cereals production in South and South East Asia, Mexico and South America. After 20 years of continuous success, aspects of the Green Revolution need to be rediscussed in the light of new findings and possibilities offered by scientific and technological progress - and negative side effects on environment and health. These papers examine the present state of agriculture, and indicate the way forward for its development, especially in the tropics and, in particular, Africa and South America. The need for more research is stressed; priorities in the application of this research are discussed, such as the economic aspects of any new system to be adopted, and the need to respect the ecological equilibria of different environments and the balance of energy input/output in a given agrosystem.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 530 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0444989277 9780444989277
ISSN:	0392-4130 ;