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- Djurfeldt, Göran, et al.
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Asian Models of Agricultural Development and their Relevance to Afrika
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This working paper discusses the different Asian experiences of the Green Revolution from the late 1960s to the 1980s in the perspective of earlier developments of agricultural intensification. The intention of the paper is to identify common features and conditions contributing to the considerable success of Asian agriculture over the past 30 years. The authors argue that the Green Revolution must be understood as a broad social and political process, rather than as one driven by the new plant technologies introduced in the 1960s alone. The different regional “models” of the Asian Green Revolution – Japan and East Asia, South-East Asia and South Asia – are outlined. The authors argue that despite considerable regional variation in historic and other factors, Asian Green Revolutions had a common base: they were all “state driven, market mediated and farmer based”. Other common features of the Asian Green Revolutions are geo-political contexts that differ markedly from those in contemporary Africa, which may constitute important obstacles to a similar development of African agriculture.
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- Djurfeldt, Göran, et al.
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Mariyamma and the logic of realist explanation in sociology
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In: Methodology in social research: dilemmas and perspective: : Essays in honour of Ramkrishna Mukherjee - Essays in honour of Ramkrishna Mukherjee. - 9780761994404 ; , s. 199-212
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Realism as a theory of science, in the view of the author of this paper, provides elegant solutions to several puzzles and dilemmas, not only in philosophy, but also to some of the most fundamental theorerical and methodological problems in social science. This paper introduces scientific realism, and presents one way of applying it to social science.
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- Djurfeldt, Göran
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Mera mat: Att brödföda en växande befolkning
- 2001
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Book (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Ökar världens befolkning snabbare än tillgången på mat? Är lösningen på världens livsmedelsproblem att omfördela maten mellan fattiga och rika länder? Göran Djurfeldt svarar nej på båda frågorna. Mera mat handlar om produktionen snarare än om fördelningen av livsmedel: världens jordbruk måste bli effektivare för att kunna mätta en växande befolkning. Boken analyserar jordbruket i ett globalt perspektiv, med kapitel om västvärlden, de socialistiska experimenten och den gröna revolutionen i Asien. Vi får läsa om både katastrofala misslyckanden och vinnande recept. Hittills har världens livsmedelsproblem hanterats genom statsledd, delvis planerad utveckling och genom att världen litat på sina bönder. Denna kombination är den enda hållbara på längre sikt, hävdar författaren.
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