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  2. Green Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution, was a period of technology transfer initiatives that saw greatly increased crop yields. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These changes in agriculture began in developed countries in the early 20th century and spread globally until the late 1980s. [ 3 ]

  3. Three-field system - Wikipedia

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    In Europe, the change to a three-field system happened from the 9th century to the 11th century. [2] With more crops available to sell and agriculture dominating the economy at the time, the three-field system created a significant surplus and increased economic prosperity. [3]

  4. Agricultural revolution - Wikipedia

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    British Agricultural Revolution (17th–19th century), an unprecedented increase in agricultural productivity in Great Britain (also known as the Second Agricultural Revolution) Scottish Agricultural Revolution (17th–19th century), the transformation into a modern and productive system; Third Agricultural Revolution (1930s–1960s), an ...

  5. Timeline of agriculture and food technology - Wikipedia

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    1700 – British Agricultural Revolution ends; 1763 – International "Potato Show" in Paris with corn varieties from different states; 1804 – Vincenzo Dandolo writes several treatises of agriculture and sericulture. 1809 – French confectioner Nicolas Appert invents canning; 1837 – John Deere invents steel plough

  6. History of agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A Revolution Down on the Farm: The Transformation of American Agriculture since 1929 (2009) excerpt and text search; Dean, Virgil W. An Opportunity Lost: The Truman Administration and the Farm Policy Debate. U. of Missouri Press, 2006. 275 pp. Friedberger, Mark. Farm Families and Change in 20th Century America (2014)

  7. Year Without a Summer - Wikipedia

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    Icicles 12 inches long in the shade of noon day." After a lull, by August 17, Holyoke noted an abrupt change from summer to winter by August 21, when a meager bean and corn crop were killed. "The fields," he wrote, "were as empty and white as October." [33] The Berkshires saw frost again on August 23, as did much of New England and upstate New ...

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  9. History of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Localised climate change is the favoured explanation for the origins of agriculture in the Levant. [1] When major climate change took place after the last ice age (c. 11,000 BC), much of the earth became subject to long dry seasons. [29] These conditions favoured annual plants which die off in the long dry season, leaving a dormant seed or tuber.