Epic narratives of the Green Revolution in Brazil, China, and India

Abstract The Green Revolution is often seen as epitomising the dawn of scientific and technological advancement modernity in agricultural sector across developing countries, a process that unfolded from 1940s through to 1980s. Despite time has elapsed, this episode past continues resonate today, still shapes institutions practices science technology. In Brazil, China, India, narratives science-led transformations portray period glorifying terms—entailing pressing national imperatives, unprecedented achievements, heroic individuals or organizations. These “epic narratives” draw on produce meaning empower actors deploy them. Epic are reproduced over perpetuate conviction about power technology development. By crafting history cultivating sense nationalism, exceptionalism, heritage, these epic sustain power-knowledge relations technology, which underpinned by hegemonic modernization paradigm. Unravelling processes assemblage reproduction helps us make how their subjective representations assert position field at present. This includes making claims credentials envision deliver sustainable solutions for agriculture into future.