Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xii
5. Contents xiii
6. Chapter 1. Then and Now in Mexico: A Preview of the Agricultural Revolution 1
7. Chapter 2. The Genesis of the Mexican Program: The Events That Produced It and Determined Its Pattern 19
8. Chapter 3. Putting the Wheels in Motion: Pioneers Go to Work 36
9. Chapter 4. Corn: Reshaping the Daily Bread of Mexico 51
10. Chapter 5. The Wheat Revolution: More Bread for the Hungry 72
11. Chapter 6. Beans: Improving the Meat of the Poorer Mexicans 94
12. Chapter 7 Mobile Reserves: Potatoes and Other Vegetables, Soybeans, and Sorghums 108
13. Chapter 8. Soils, Water, and Man: How Mexico Learned to Use Them Better – An Example for Emerging Countries 129
14. Chapter 9. Crop Protection: Better Methods of Fighting Pests and Pathogens 146
15. Chapter 10. The Livestock Story: More and Better Feed to Produce Milk, Eggs, and Meat 160
16. Chapter 11. Education: The Evolution of Agricultural Scientists and Educators 177
17. Chapter 12. Extension: Getting Farmers to Use the Results of Research 197
18. Chapter 13. Extending the Mexican Pattern: Action Programs in Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile 216
19. Chapter 14 India: Modifying a Pattern to Suit Special Conditions 235
20. Chapter 15. The International Corn Program: Assembling and Distributing Superior Germ Plasm 255
21. Chapter 16. The International Wheat Program: Extending Mexico's Gains Far beyond Her Borders 267
22. Chapter 17. The International Rice Research Institute: A New Pattern of Joint Operations by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations 285
23. Chapter 18. Lessons Learned and Future Prospects 300
24. Index 323