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SUMMARY:Seeds\, a dying river\, and an experiment station: re-examining 19
 60s global solutions to hunger from Sonora\, Mexico - Gabriela Soto Laveag
 a (Harvard University)
DTSTART:20220120T160000Z
DTEND:20220120T173000Z
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CONTACT:Helen Curry
DESCRIPTION:High-yielding wheat seeds developed in research stations in Me
 xico helped launch the so-called Green Revolution in the 1960s. These seed
 s\, often credited with averting a South Asian famine\, transformed farmin
 g with the help of inputs such as fertilizers\, pesticides\, and irrigatio
 n. The environmental degradation and social impact of this type of farming
  became clear only years later. While research has focused on the environm
 ental impact of these seeds in South Asia and other parts of the world\, l
 ittle attention has been given to the impact in the region where these see
 ds initially emerged\, the research station were these seeds were first te
 sted. This talk examines the history of the region\, the Yaqui Valley\, an
 d how a scientific discovery billed as the key to ending world hunger\, tr
 ansformed the lives of thousands of erstwhile farmers.\n\n"Register for th
 is lecture":https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wellcome-lecture-in-the-history-o
 f-medicine-with-gabriela-soto-laveaga-tickets-238206420817
LOCATION:Zoom
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