Kathleen M. Baker

Evaluating 35 years of Green Revolution technology in villages of Bulandshahr district, western UP, North India

Abstract This paper analyses the experiences of over 35 years of Green Revolution (GR) technology in villages of the Bulandshahr District, western UP. Fieldwork in three villages revealed that perceptions of GR were extremely positive because higher yields brought food security for all in the area, and financial security for many. Indirect benefits, such as urban development, have improved employment opportunities – which have benefited even the poorest – and rural electrification has transformed rural livelihoods, especially for women. Predictably, the benefits of GR technology are not equally spread: the poorest are better off, but the gap between rich and poor is now greater than ever. As gently declining yields are paralleled by growing populations, farmers are interested in further increasing land productivity.

Indigenous Land Management in West Africa: An Environmental Balancing Act

The success of rural development schemes in Africa, particularly those involving land, is heavily dependent on understanding the local ecology. Any farmer knows this, yet rarely has development project design catered adequately for the vicissitudes of the African environment. Although environmental unpredictability was recognized in the temperate zone by the mid-nineteenth century, the ecological theory which was subsequently developed and most widely accepted, was based on concepts of norms and equilibria. History has shown that the application of such ecological assumptions to African environments is wholly inappropriate. This book argues that many methods used by West African smallholder farmers and pastoralists are properly adapted to the regions unpredictable physical environment. Field examples from the semi-arid and humid zones demonstrate the nature of environmental variability, and the skill of indigenous farmers and pastoralists in exploiting this. It is thus argued that development planners should, where possible, model development schemes on the more successful, ecologically sound methods of indigenous land management.

Pastoralism in Africa, Origins and Development Ecology

The origins of African pastoralism the spread of African pastoralism the ecology of pastoralism in Africa the African pastoral landscape reconstructing Africas pastoral past - West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa African pastoralism today... ...and tomorrow.

Rural Development Problems in Nigeria

Overview of the rural development problem, S.A Olanrewaju the historical roots of the rural development problem in Nigeria, Olasiji Oshin the problem of declining agricultural export products, J.O. Olagbaju, G.O. Adeseum the problem of declining food production, P.A. Okuneye the rural industrialization problem, A.C. Nwosu the rural transportation problem, S.A. Olanrewaju the rural health care delivery problem, A.O Olokesusi fiscal incentives for rural development, R.A. Faforiji the prospects for rural development in Nigeria, S.A. Olanrewaju, Toyin Falola.

The Changing Geography of Asia

1. Asias Future as seen in the Mid 1960s Graham Chapman 2. Change in the South Asian Core: Patterns of Growth and Stagnation in India Graham Chapman 3. The Changing Geography of the States of the South Asian Periphery Robert Bradnock 4. The Rise of the Naga: The Changing Geography of Southeast Asia, 1965-1990 Jonathan Rigg and Philip Stott 5. Change in the Peoples Republic of China Michael Freeberne 6. Change in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau Richard Louis Edmonds 7. The Changing Geography of Japan Edwina Palmer 8. The Changing Geography of Soviet Asia and Mongolia Tamara Dragadze 9. Conclusions: Two-Speed Asia - Dramatic Change and Stagnation Graham Chapman