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GREEN REVOLUTION

Intentions matter

Nature Plants volume 5, pages 1030–1031 (2019)Cite this article

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Much of the perception of the Green Revolution focuses on the broad techniques and resulting yields, but the socio-political dimensions of the project reflect a nuanced set of intentions and beneficiaries.

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  1. Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA

    Hannah Holleman

  2. Department of Environmental Studies, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA

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Holleman, H. Intentions matter. Nat. Plants 5, 1030–1031 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0524-7

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