Mutant rice and agricultural modernization in Asia

IF 1 1区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

History and Technology Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI:10.1080/07341512.2020.1862991

Hiromi Mizuno

引用次数: 3

Abstract

ABSTRACT By using the genealogy of hybrid rice, Mahsuri, developed in Malaysia by Japanese agronomists in the 1960s, this article tells a story of agricultural modernization in Asia that challenges the US-centered narrative of the Green Revolution. Cross-racial hybrid Mahsuri’s parent is Taichung 65 from colonial Taiwan, and its off-spring is irradiated Mahsuri Mutant. By highlighting the deep connection between colonial development and post-World War II technical assistance, the role of intra-Asia networks in crop improvement programs in Asia, and the agency of postcolonial Asian nations, this article critiques the ironies embedded in the mutant rice and in the concept of development.

查看原文本刊更多论文

突变水稻与亚洲农业现代化

摘要本文以日本农学家于20世纪60年代在马来西亚开发的杂交水稻“马苏里”为例，讲述了亚洲农业现代化的故事，挑战了以美国为中心的绿色革命叙事。杂交品种Mahsuri的亲本是来自殖民时期台湾的台中65，其后代是经过辐照的Mahsuri突变体。通过强调殖民地发展与二战后技术援助之间的深层联系，亚洲内部网络在亚洲作物改良计划中的作用，以及后殖民亚洲国家的代理，本文批评了突变水稻和发展概念中嵌入的讽刺意味。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

History and Technology HISTORY-

CiteScore

1.60

自引率

16.70%

发文量

期刊介绍： History and Technology serves as an international forum for research on technology in history. A guiding premise is that technology—as knowledge, practice, and material resource—has been a key site for constituting the human experience. In the modern era, it becomes central to our understanding of the making and transformation of societies and cultures, on a local or transnational scale. The journal welcomes historical contributions on any aspect of technology but encourages research that addresses this wider frame through commensurate analytic and critical approaches.