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Index
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Study area location within the Indian Union
Introduction
1. Science and Politics in the Green Revolution
The Green Revolution and the Conquest of Nature
The Green Revolution and the Control of Society
2. ‘Miracle Seeds’ and the destruction of Genetic Diversity
How the Green Revolution makes Unfair Comparisons
The Myth of the High Yielding Variety
Genetic Uniformity and the Creation of New Pests
3. Chemical Fertilizers and Soil Fertility
Voracious Varieties
Diseased and Dying Soils
The Return to Organic Inputs
4. Intensive Irrigation, Large Dams and Water Conflicts
Thirsty Seeds
Large Dams and the Centralisation of Political Power
Inter-state Water Conflicts and the Elusive Search for Equity
5. The Political and Cultural Costs of the Green Revolution
The Economic Costs: A narrow and shortlived prosperity
Communalising the Farmers’ Protests
Development, Social Disintegration and Violence
6. Pepsico For Peace? The Ecological and Political Risks of the Biotechnology Revolution
Pepsico for Peace?
Seeds of Ecological Vulnerability
Seeds and Dependency
Seeds of Insecurity, Seeds of Violence
7. The Seed and the Spinning Wheel: The Political Ecology of Technological Change
Colonisation and the Spinning Wheel
The Colonisation of the Seed
Biotechnology Development and Biodiversity Conservation
Patents, Intellectual Property and the Politics of Knowledge
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