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