Origins of the Green Revolution: Hybrid Seeds, Hunger, and Mexico-India Cooperation

When:
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2018 6:00p -
7:00p

Where:
Geological Lecture Hall
24 Oxford Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, University

Event website:
https://chsi.harvard.edu/event/lecture-origins-green-revolution-hybrid-seeds-hunger-and-mexico-india-cooperation

Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University


As a devastating famine gripped India and Pakistan in 1966, a cargo of hybrid wheat seeds from Mexico arrived one fateful day on India’s coast. The seeds were first planted across the Punjab region using new agricultural methods, including intensive fertilizers and irrigation. The crop’s high yield surprised farmers and helped save many from hunger that year. Gabriela Soto Laveaga will talk about the origins of these hybrid seeds, their role in the Green Revolution, and the unexpected technological, environmental, and social impacts they had on both Mexico and India.

Lecture. Free event parking available at 52 Oxford Street Garage.

Presented by the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and Harvard Museum of Natural History.


Harvard Museum of Natural History link: https://hmnh.harvard.edu/green-revolution

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