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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 ]
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.
6: Food, Population, And Development (The Green Revolution of the 20th century solves some problems but then creates new ones.) The first section introduces hunting and gathering to the reader, but quickly moves on to agriculture and farming techniques, which enabled a great expansion of population.
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McNeill focuses on environmental history, a field in which he has been recognized as a pioneer. [1] In 2000, he published his best-known book, Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World, which argues that human activity during the 20th century led to environmental change on an unprecedented scale.
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 in the late 1960s (or generally, in the second half of the 20th century) [1] introduced farmers to cultivation of food crops using HYV seeds, although their ancestral roots may be older. [2] Compared to the traditional seeds, HYV seeds promise to produce much greater amounts of grain on a single plant.
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