Rice‐burning and the green revolution in northern Ghana
研究了加纳北部引入高产品种后，机械化水稻种植兴起，土地制度剧变，社会分化加剧，最终导致烧稻毁机事件。
Abstract The introduction of high yielding varieties into northern Ghana has given rise to a form of mechanised farming of rice in the river valleys. Much of this land was used only for occasional pasture; now it is cultivated by civil servants, military men, traders and farmers from the locality and from neighbouring areas, who have been encouraged by government policy and by the prospect of private gain. In the course of establishing these large farms, the system of land tenure has been radically changed, since written evidence of registration is necessary to raise a loan and to be produced in case of dispute. These changes, combined with the more direct effects of social differentiation, have resulted in the burning of rice and the destruction of machinery. Notes Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge.