In the mid-1970s, a young anthropologist, Steve Lansing, arrived in Indonesia to study the ancient rituals of the water temples on the volcanic slopes of Bali. In a less spiritual realm, the island’s agronomists were stumbling into an agricultural mess. Bali once had the highest rice yields in Indonesia, and throughout the 1970s, the Green Revolution brought new varieties of rice to the stepped paddy fields. Yet despite intensive training and expert advice, by the early 1980s the new crops were overwhelmed by pests.
上世纪70年代中期，年轻的人类学家史蒂夫•兰辛(Steve Lansing)来到印尼，研究巴厘岛火山坡上那些水神庙里的古老仪式。与此同时，在与宗教毫不沾边的农业领域，巴厘岛的农学家们正在酿造一场大麻烦。巴厘岛曾经是印尼稻米产量最高的地区。上世纪70年代，通过推行“绿色革命”，巴厘岛引入了一些新的稻米品种，并在梯田上种植。尽管进行了大量培训并有专家提供指导，但到上世纪80年代初，新品种稻田全都毁于虫害。
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