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Campaigns against Hunger / E. C. Stakman, Paul C. Mangelsdorf, Richard Bradfield.

De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Archive 1896-1999 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stakman, E. C., author.
Bradfield, Richard, author.
Mangelsdorf, Paul C., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Agricultural assistance, American--Mexico.
Agricultural assistance, American.
Agriculture--Mexico.
Agriculture.
Food Supply.
Hunger.
Mexico.
Rockefeller Foundation. Agriculture Program.
Local Subjects:
Agricultural assistance, American--Mexico.
Food Supply.
Hunger.
Mexico.
Rockefeller Foundation. Agriculture Program.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (344 p.): Zahlr. Abb.
Edition:
Reprint 2014
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
Language Note:
English
Contents:
Frontmatter
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Chapter 1. Then and Now in Mexico: A Preview of the Agricultural Revolution
Chapter 2. The Genesis of the Mexican Program: The Events That Produced It and Determined Its Pattern
Chapter 3. Putting the Wheels in Motion: Pioneers Go to Work
Chapter 4. Corn: Reshaping the Daily Bread of Mexico
Chapter 5. The Wheat Revolution: More Bread for the Hungry
Chapter 6. Beans: Improving the Meat of the Poorer Mexicans
Chapter 7 Mobile Reserves: Potatoes and Other Vegetables, Soybeans, and Sorghums
Chapter 8. Soils, Water, and Man: How Mexico Learned to Use Them Better - An Example for Emerging Countries
Chapter 9. Crop Protection: Better Methods of Fighting Pests and Pathogens
Chapter 10. The Livestock Story: More and Better Feed to Produce Milk, Eggs, and Meat
Chapter 11. Education: The Evolution of Agricultural Scientists and Educators
Chapter 12. Extension: Getting Farmers to Use the Results of Research
Chapter 13. Extending the Mexican Pattern: Action Programs in Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile
Chapter 14 India: Modifying a Pattern to Suit Special Conditions
Chapter 15. The International Corn Program: Assembling and Distributing Superior Germ Plasm
Chapter 16. The International Wheat Program: Extending Mexico's Gains Far beyond Her Borders
Chapter 17. The International Rice Research Institute: A New Pattern of Joint Operations by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations
Chapter 18. Lessons Learned and Future Prospects
Index
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
ISBN:
0-674-33588-0
OCLC:
1013947997

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