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Green Revolution?

Technology and Change in Rice-growing Areas of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. B. H. Farmer

    1. Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

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Part of the book series: Cambridge Commonwealth Series (CAMCOM)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Technology and Change in Rice-growing Areas

    • B. H. Farmer
    Pages 1-6

  3. Setting the Stage

    • B. H. Farmer, C. M. Madduma Bandara, V. Shanmuga Sundaram, W. P. T. Silva
    Pages 7-19

  4. Paddy and Rice Statistics in Sri Lanka

    • Barbara Harriss
    Pages 20-29

  5. Bias in Perception of Agrarian Change in India

    • John Harriss
    Pages 30-36

  6. Research Methodology

    • Robert Chambers, B. Nanjamma Chinnappa, Barbara Harriss, B. W. E. Wickremanayake
    Pages 37-53

  7. Selective Adoption as a Strategy for Agricultural Development: Lessons from Adoption in S.E. Sri Lanka

    • H. D. Dias
    Pages 54-84

  8. Chena-Paddy Interrelationships

    • W. P. T. Silva
    Pages 85-91

  9. Adoption of the New Technology in North Arcot District

    • B. Nanjamma Chinnappa
    Pages 92-123

  10. The Limitations of HYV Technology in North Arcot District: the View from a Village

    • John Harriss
    Pages 124-142

  11. Pahalagama: a Case Study of Agricultural Change in a Frontier Environment

    • John Harriss
    Pages 143-154

  12. Agricultural Extension: Myth, Reality and Challenge

    • Robert Chambers, B. W. E. Wickremanayake
    Pages 155-167

  13. Tractors, Profits and Debt in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka

    • Barbara Harriss
    Pages 168-181

  14. Rural Electrification and the Diffusion of Electric Water-Lifting Technology in North Arcot District, India

    • Barbara Harriss
    Pages 182-203

  15. Impact of the Cultivation of High-Yielding Varieties of Paddy on Income and Employment

    • B. Nanjamma Chinnappa, W. P. T. Silva
    Pages 204-224

  16. Implications of Changes in Agriculture for Social Relationships at the Village Level: the Case of Randam

    • John Harriss
    Pages 225-245

  17. Social Implications of Changes in Agriculture in Hambantota District

    • John Harriss
    Pages 246-255

  18. Marketing Scarce Chemical Inputs: an International Comparison

    • Barbara Harriss
    Pages 256-267

  19. Besieging the Free Market: the Effects of the Paddy-Rice Levy

    • Barbara Harriss
    Pages 268-275

  20. Paddy-Milling: Problems in Policy and the Choice of Technology

    • Barbara Harriss
    Pages 276-300
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

    B. H. Farmer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Green Revolution?

  • Book Subtitle: Technology and Change in Rice-growing Areas of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka

  • Editors: B. H. Farmer

  • Series Title: Cambridge Commonwealth Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02965-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-02965-5Published: 17 June 1977

  • Series ISSN: 2947-0331

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-034X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 429

  • Topics: Industries

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