Green Revolution

The changing economic scenario and the need to respond to food and nutritional security, poverty alleviation, diversifying market demands, export opportunities, and environmental concerns pose new challenges to technology dissemination systems. This paper argues for a holistic reappraisal of existing agricultural extension systems and the need to work towards an outlook that encompasses a whole new policy mix favouring a plurality of institutions.

A Rice Village Saga - Three Decades Green Revolution in the Philipnies by Yujiro Hayami and Masao Kikuchi; Internatonal Rice Research Institute; Barnes and Noble 2000;