Re: [Pen-l] the Green Devolution

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

When I took development economics in grad school in 1974 or 1975, I
read a similar critique of the Green Revolution. I forget who wrote
it. Maybe it was Michael.

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Perelman, Michael
<MPerelman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Around 1970, I published an article in The New Republic leveling the
> same criticisms about the Green Revolution that Daniel Zwerdling made in
> his piece.  [I don't remember what issue it was in] Some of that
> material appeared in Farming for Profit in a Hunger World.
>
> Later, in the 1970s, I debated Norman Borlaug, the so-called father of
> the Green Revolution in Santa Barbara.  He did not show, so he
> participated through some sort of phone line.  He is sincere in his
> belief, but did not seem particularly concerned about the problems that
> I mentioned, including overreliance on fertilizers, pesticides,
> groundwater, and credit.  Nor was he interested in concerns about water
> rights being concentrated among large landholders.  My speculations
> about why Rockefeller interests would be so enthusiastic about the Green
> Revolution were beyond the pale.
>
>
> Michael Perelman
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> California State University
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