SOC349H5 Lecture Notes - Structural Adjustment, Trade Barrier, Crop Yield
Document Summary
Manning says that we consume so much of earth"s primary productivity (40%) that we have stolen the food (predominantly the rich amongst us anyways). The world has a limited stock of temperate grass lands (where wheat and beef is) which are located in the first world the developed world, also home to caucasians/europeans. Manning says that the green revolution was the worst thing that has happened; one thing it caused was a population boom (because now there was a security of food) Fact: 15% of (15 cents/dollar) actually goes to farmers; the remaining larger percentage of revenue goes to the agro chemical companies, manufacturers (i. e. buying the raw material), processing food, distribution, retailers and etc. Answer: the green revolution (coined in the 1960"s), began when there was an increase in agro- research that produced greater yields, researchers realized that the new varieties of crop could yield more crops with the aid of chemicals.
