1 On the Ecology of Theories -- The Growth of Current Theories -- Toward a Theory of Contextual Analysis -- Summary -- 2 Historical Seedbeds -- The Evolutionary Theater -- Developmental Plays -- Summary -- 3 The “New” Seeds and the Logic of Their Growth (or Jack and the Beanstalk Revisited)...

In 1997, over 700 million people are hungry. By 2025, the population of the developing countries alone will be approximately seven billion. This book makes a compelling case for a second green revolution, which builds upon the successful technological transformation and yield gains of the first,...