India's organic farming revolution : what it means for our global food system / Sapna E. Thottathil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thottathil, Sapna E., 1982- author.

ebrary, Inc.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic farming--India.

Organic farming.

Organic farming--Law and legislation--India--Kerala.

Organic farming--Law and legislation.

India--Kerala.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 231 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Sapna Thottathil calls on us to rethink the politics of organic food by focusing on what it means for the people who grow and sell it-what it means for their health, the health of their environment, and also their economic and political well-being. Taking readers to the state of Kerala in southern India, she shows us a place where the so-called "Green Revolution" program of hybrid seeds, synthetic fertilizers, and rising pesticide use had failed to reduce hunger while it caused a cascade of economic, medical, and environmental problems. Book jacket.

Contents:

Globalization and organic food systems

Crisis in Indian agriculture

The Third World's model for development

Forging a statewide organic farming policy in Kerala

The social and ecological benefits of organic farming

Local versus organic markets

Organic?: a good option for dinner in our globalized world.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

ISBN:

160938301X

9781609383015

Publisher Number:

99959942993

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.