ENV 271 - Agriculture and Development: Reading the Green Revolution

Examines the role of the 20th-century “Green Revolution” in context. Reviewing proposed solutions to poverty and hunger amid unprecedented population growth, this course uses Historical Demography, Anthropology, History, and Development Studies to understand regional and global change, and consider debates in communities of “Experts” and “Others”.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Satisfies depth or breadth course requirement in the Humanities Track of the Environmental Studies major or interdisciplinary minor.