Abstract
This article outlines the visions of Tunisian and Indian dissident political thinkers and agronomists, 1950s–1980s, for decentralised food and farming systems using just technologies. Amidst ascendent US imperialism, these marginalised proposals opposed the Green Revolution model of agrarian development, illustrating broader postcolonial politics of defending political sovereignty and advancing to economic/technological sovereignty. Erasing these dissident voices enabled the legitimisation of the Green Revolution as an ‘inevitable’ way to ensure food security. We argue that recovering this intellectual history is critical to displace the techno-centric Green Revolution narrative, and to inform and support struggles for ecologically attuned alternatives that foreground agroecology.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 418-438 |
| Journal | Canadian Journal of Development Studies |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 12 Apr 2022 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Jul 2022 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
Keywords
- agro-ecology
- development
- Green Revolution
- India
- political ecology
- relational comparison
- Tunisia
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