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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 ]
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 ...
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
The British Agricultural Revolution, ... a third for the period 1750–1780, ... and by the start of the 18th century it was the main food source of central and ...
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] The three-field system needed more plowing of land and its introduction coincided with the adoption of the moldboard plow. These parallel developments complemented each ...
Gardner, Bruce L. American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: How it Flourished and What it Cost (Harvard UP, 2002). Gates, Paul W. Agriculture and the Civil War (1985) online; Gee, Wilson. The place of agriculture in American life (1930) online edition; Haystead, Ladd, and Fite, Gilbert C. The Agricultural Regions of the United States (1955 ...
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The Third Revolution may refer to: Constitutional Protection Movement , a.k.a. the Third Chinese Revolution (1917-1922) Green Revolution , a.k.a. the Third Agricultural Revolution (1950-1970)