Monocropping Cultures into Ruin: The Loss of Food Varieties and Cultural Diversity

Monocropping Cultures into Ruin: The Loss of Food Varieties and Cultural Diversity

The loss of genetic diversity of thousands of plants and crops has been well documented at least since the 1970s, and has been understood as a result of epistemological and political economic conditions of the Green Revolution. The political economic arrangement of the Green Revolution, alongside a...

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Main Authors: Peter J. Jacques, Jessica Racine Jacques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-11-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
Green Revolution
food security
food sovereignty
means of production
productive forces
culture
political ecology
political sociology
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/11/2970

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http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/11/2970

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