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Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow (4/6)

This is also part of this series: Developing Stories - Series I: Environment & Development (6)

Subjects: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Genetics, Global Issues, India, Pesticides

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 52 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 1992
Available in French: No

A documentary from India about the effects of the highly touted Green Revolution there. Credited with ensuring that India is no longer a developing country's “basket case”, the Green Revolution is widely regarded as one of the most successful development strategies of the 20th century. But this film reveals that in India it has helped to create a new serf class and the dramatic yields of the early years have fallen away in the wake of pesticide poisoning and the short-lived miracle wheat strains.

Awards: Joint First Prize, WWF-UK Award for Best National Documentary and Current Affairs Programming, British Environment and Media Awards

Links: http://www.tve.org - the producer’s site

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