Review: International Economics: Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Want
| Author | W.E. Tossell |
| Date | 01 December 1981 |
| Published date | 01 December 1981 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070208103600412 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
REVIEWS/INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMICS
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doubt
as
to
where
his
sympathies
lie.
The
developed
countries
not
only have
the
power
but continually
misuse
it
for
their
own ends.
The
developing
countries
need to
increase
their
bargaining
power in
order
to
negotiate
from
positions
of
strength.
Fair enough;
but
would
this
eliminate
the
world
disorder
of
which
lie
complains?
This
book
leaves
little
room
for
doubt
which
is
perhaps
its
most
obvious
shortcoming.
Nevertheless,
it
is a
very
readable
volume
and
should
go
down
well
with
Third
World
countries.
George
C.
Abbott/University
of
Glasgow
SEEDS
OF
PLENTY,
SEEDS
OF
WANT
Social
and
economic
imptications
of
the
Green
Revolution
Andrew Pearse
Don
Mills,
Ont:
Oxford
University
Press,
198o,
Xii,
262pp,
$26.25
This
book
deals
with
the
social
and
economic
implications
of
the
green
revolution
based
on
the
Global
Two
series
of studies
sponsored
by
the
United
Nations Development
Program
from
1970
to
1974.
It
is
not
a
summary
of these
studies,
but
draws
on
the
information
and
conclusions
of
them
to
highlight
issues
that
the
author
considers
sig-
nificant
for
consideration
by
developing
countries in
the
establishment
of
their
food
policy
and consequent
strategies
for
agricultural,
rural,
and
general development.
The author
concentrates
on
three
aspects:
factors
that
influence
the
adoption
of the
new
technology
which
involves
new
high-yielding
crop
varieties
supported
by
a
'package'
of
input
and
management
fac-
tors;
identification
of
the
impact
for
the
agrarian
structures
and
on
the
livelihood
of
rural participants; and
assessment
of
the
effectiveness
of
strategies
used
by
governments
to
manage
the
change
process.
Based
on examples
from
a
range
of
countries
with
differing
agrarian
struc-
tures
and
political
objectives,
Pearse emphasizes
the general
tendency
of
the
introduction
of
the
new
technology
to
speed
up
the
process
of
marginalization
and
movement
of
peasants
from
a
rural
self-provision-
ing
life style
to
the
urban
setting.
This,
in
turn,
creates serious
pres-
sures
in
most
developing
countries
which do
not
have
the
rate
of
job
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