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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 ]
The state of Punjab led India's Green Revolution and earned the distinction of being the "breadbasket of India." [1] [2]The Green Revolution was a period that began in the 1960s during which agriculture in India was converted into a modern industrial system by the adoption of technology, such as the use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, mechanized farm tools, irrigation facilities ...
Norman Ernest Borlaug (/ ˈ b ɔːr l ɔː ɡ /; March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) [2] was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution.
The green revolution introduced high yielding varieties of crops which also increased the usage of fertilisers and pesticides. [85] About 90% of the pesticide usage in India is accounted for by DDT and Lindane (BHC/HCH). [86] There has been a shift to organic agriculture particularly for exported commodities. [87]
The Green Revolution exported the technologies (including pesticides and synthetic nitrogen) of the developed world to the developing world. Thomas Malthus famously predicted that the Earth would not be able to support its growing population. Still, technologies such as the Green Revolution have allowed the world to produce a food surplus. [190 ...
The program leads to the Green Revolution. — Wilderness Act. — United States Postal Service releases John Muir stamp. 1965 — In the Storm King case, a judge rules that aesthetic impacts could be considered in deciding whether Consolidated Edison could demolish a mountain, a landmark case in environmental law. — Northeast Blackout of 1965
The green revolution runs on chips–but there is no good way to make the fragile semiconductors ecosystem sustainable in the short term. Rakesh Kumar. December 26, 2023 at 11:55 AM.
1944 – Green Revolution begins in Mexico; 1974 – China creates the first hybrid rice. [5] See Yuan Longping. 2000 – Genetically modified plants cultivated around the world. 2005 – Lasers used to replace stickers by writing on food to "track and trace" and identify individual pieces of a fresh fruit. [6]