...Nicole Mottier The Struggle for Maize: Campesinos, Workers, and Transgenic Corn in the Mexican Countryside . By Elizabeth Fitting . Durham : Duke University Press , 2011 . 320 pp., $23.95 , paperback, ISBN 978-0-8223-4956-3 . © the Agricultural History Society, 2012 2012 Book...

...Annka Liepold Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the US Heartland . By Cynthia Clampitt . Champaign : University of Illinois Press , 2015 . 304 pp., $19.95 , paperback, ISBN 978-0-252-08057-9 . © 2017 Agricultural History Society 2017 interpretation will not come as a complete...

...G. N. Uzoigwe Maize and Grace: Africa’s Encounter with a New World Crop, 1500–2000 . James C. McCann . Copyright 2007 Agricultural History Society 2007 Agricultural History Spring edge transfer occurred in the reverse direction, with applied research triggering fundamental research...

...Jane Mt. Pleasant Abstract Iroquois maize farmers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries produced three to five times more grain per acre than wheat farmers in Europe. The higher productivity of Iroquois agriculture can be attributed to two factors. First, the absence of plows in the western...

... experience of the problems faced by small farmers in the United States and elsewhere.Moreover, the foundation’s expressed concern for rural poverty does not appear to have been mere posturing by an organization anxious to be seen as an agent of philanthropy. Furthermore, the program’s early work in maize...

... that, according to contemporary accounts, rivaled the finest wines of Mexico or even Spain. As the century wore on, the fruits of the vine increased in importance in comparison with other agricultural products. In most years only maize competed with wine and brandy as the most valuable agricultural crop. So...

... of any systematic data led to all sorts of speculation. VanDerwarker's research at La Joya and Bezuapan, two small villages in theTuxtla Mountains on the edge of theOlmec world, is the firstpublished systematic study of Olmec subsistence. Her careful analysis of carbonized maize kernels and cupules...

..., The Story of an African Famine. Governor to Secretary of State for Colonies, Jan. 18, 1950, Folder 50, Box 10 Annual Report Cholo District, 1952, Box 5, AGR Report on Production of Maize, from the Provincial Commissioner, Southern Province to the District Commissioner of Cholo, Sept. 18, 1952, ref...

... to effectively managing agricultural transformation. Zambian government marketing parastatals gave way to privatization in 1994, and an environment for structural transformation occurred as Zambian farmers had economic incentive as a driver to increase production in maize, the country s main food staple, as well...

... plant species, only 150 are cultivated and 4 of these (wheat, rice,maize, and soybeans) comprise over 50 percent of our food. Our over-reliance on these crops, fostered largely by subsidies in developed countries, the authors contend, has led to falling prices and the abandonment of arable land because...

... in theTuxtla Mountains on the edge of theOlmec world, is the firstpublished systematic study of Olmec subsistence. Her careful analysis of carbonized maize kernels and cupules, avocado seeds, and coyol palm nuts, along with bones from domestic dogs, deer, and other small mammals, birds, and fish, provides...

... is ultimatelynecessaryforfullunderstandinogfcropevolution"(283). He particularlyfocuseson potatoesin the PeruvianAndes,maize in Mexico, and wheatinTurkey;thesubjectsofhisownfieldworkB. rushexplainshow crop diversityis measured,whereand whyit developed,and how it is threatenedin the twenty-fircsetnturyH. e emphasizesthat,despitesuch impactsas...

... as an historical object and retrieve its different identities as well as its social, cultural, and political representations. In all cases, these works show the richness of this field of research. Marion Thomas University of Paris 7 Maize and Grace: Africa's Encounter with a New World Crop, 15002000. By James C...

... economic, social, cultural, and political developments and to the rizification hypothesis. Copyright 2003 Agricultural History Society 2003 Notes 2 Peter Boomgaard , " Maize and tobacco in upland Indonesia, 1600–1940 ," in Transforming the Indonesian Uplands: Marginality, Power...

... by home gardeners seeking the largest and most beautiful flowers. While Curry has a picture of a colchicine-altered turnip the size of the little girl holding it, her story is best exemplified by the application of these techniques to maize (127). Work on other crops and flowers established important...

... impact on the economic, political, and social development of the Texas borderlands and beyond. Kathleen Hilliard Iowa State University Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the US Heartland. By Cynthia Clampitt. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2015. 304 pp., $19.95, paperback, ISBN 978-0-252-08057-9...

... this understanding through their launch of high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice in the 1960s: the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo [CIMMYT]) in Mexico and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines...

... an economist could love (or understand), offers a great deal to biologists and 624 / Agricultural History historians who are interested in disease and resistance to antibiotics and pesticides. How can population studies of genetically engineered maize?Bt-maize? that produces a protein that is toxic to corn...

... chieflyofinteresto specialistsintheparticularegionsor productsinvolvedr: iceresearchinBangladeshv, egetableandfishpondproductionin Bangladesh,agro-forestry-basseodil fertilityimprovemenitn Kenya,HYV maize in Zimbabwe,improvedmaize in Mexico,and two country-levesltudiesof India and China,one focusingon ruralpoverty...

... productsinvolvedr: iceresearchinBangladeshv, egetableandfishpondproductionin Bangladesh,agro-forestry-basseodil fertilityimprovemenitn Kenya,HYV maize in Zimbabwe,improvedmaize in Mexico,and two country-levesltudiesof India and China,one focusingon ruralpoverty impactandtheotheron...