Book: Advocacy alter Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders
Author: Kim Fortun
Pages: 436
Format: PDF
Language: English
ISBN10: 0226257207
1984 Global agricultural output slows, reversing steady gains in yields sustained since 1950. The drop from a 3 to a 1 percent annual increase in food production does not keep up with population growth, leading to significant decreases in per capita availability, reliance on surplus stocks, and steady rises in food costs. Declining output is attributed to the ecological side effects of Green Revolution techniques, initiated after World War II by public-sector research centers and then marketed by giant chemical companies like Monsanto, DuPont, and Union Carbide.
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