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Bibliography	Allen, B.J.; Bourke, R.M. (1987) Whatever happened to the root crop revolution? The view from Melanesia, 1-19
Abstract / Content summary	The 'Green Revolution' refers to the development in the 1960s, of plant breeding research programmes in Mexico and the Philippines, which enabled increased output of rice, maize and wheat from improved varieties. Much of the work in tropical crop improvement has been carried out through an international research network coordInated by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) through 10 International Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs), funded from the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, the World Bank and bilateral aid. The approach has been primarily biological and technological, individual IARCs having responsibility for working out the biological and technological inputs necessary for its region (defined largely on ecological grounds) and in addition, concentrating on a particular crop. It is wrong to assume that the CGIAR has concentrated only on grains. While IRRI and CIMMYT have supported research into rice and maize and wheat respectively, research into cassava, potatoes and root crops has been carried out in Colombia, Peru and Nigeria. It is in the areas of rice and wheat production where the new technologies have been widely accepted however, that the term 'Green Revolution' is most commonly applied. [Part of Introduction]
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