Seeding Empire: American Philanthrocapital and the Roots of the Green Revolution in Africa - Paperbackby Aaron Eddens (Author) In Seeding Empire, Aaron Eddens rewrites an enduring story about the past and future of global agriculture. Eddens connects today's efforts to cultivate a "Green Revolution in Africa" to a history of American projects that introduced capitalist agriculture across the Global South. Expansive in scope, this book draws on archival records of the earliest Green Revolution projects in Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as