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Technological Change In Agriculture

Locking in to Genetic Uniformity

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Authors:
  1. Dominic Hogg

    1. ECOTEC Research and Consultancy, Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Genetic Diversity in Agriculture: Its Rise, Fall and Significance

    • Dominic Hogg
    Pages 1-40

  3. Technological Change in Agriculture: Orthodox Views

    • Dominic Hogg
    Pages 41-73

  4. The Determinants of the Path of Technological Change in Agriculture: An Unorthodox View

    • Dominic Hogg
    Pages 74-110

  5. Beyond Orthodoxy: Locking in to Genetic Uniformity

    • Dominic Hogg
    Pages 111-142

  6. Introduction to Case-Studies

    • Dominic Hogg
    Pages 143-144

  7. Hybrid Corn in the United States, 1900–35

    • Dominic Hogg
    Pages 145-174

  8. The Road to Mexico’s Green Revolution: Maize Research, 1940–55

    • Dominic Hogg
    Pages 175-208

  9. Biotechniques and the Neglect of Alternative Agriculture

    • Dominic Hogg
    Pages 209-244

  10. Conclusion

    • Dominic Hogg
    Pages 245-252

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 253-296
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About this book

Why do modern agricultural techniques, which are environmentally damaging, continue to be used? This path-breaking book seeks the answer to that question in an understanding of evolution of agricultural research in its cultural context.

Authors and Affiliations

  • ECOTEC Research and Consultancy, Birmingham, UK

    Dominic Hogg

About the author

DOMINIC HOGG is currently Senior Consultant with ECOTEC Research and Consulting where he works exclusively on environment policy issues. He was awarded a MacArthur Studentship from the University of Cambridge in 1991, from where he obtained his Ph.D. Following a period in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, he was a consultant for Friends of the Earth, working on the linkages between tropical rainforest destruction and IMF/World Bank structural adjustment programmes. He has campaigned on environmental issues for many years and has been active in many aspects of the use and exploitation of genetic resources.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Technological Change In Agriculture

  • Book Subtitle: Locking in to Genetic Uniformity

  • Authors: Dominic Hogg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333981252

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-75139-8Published: 11 February 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-41252-5Published: 01 January 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-333-98125-2Published: 11 February 2000

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 296

  • Topics: Development Economics, Pollution, general, Agriculture, Biochemistry, general

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