green revolution
noun
: the great increase in production of food grains (such as rice and wheat) due to the introduction of high-yielding varieties, to the use of pesticides, and to better management techniques
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Like many ancient plant varieties, wheat biodiversity vastly decreased over the course of the 20th century as a result of the green revolution.
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Anna Haines, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
The first was the green revolution, which introduced into the Global South a range of new agricultural technologies that massively expanded the global food supply and earned the American agronomist Norman Borlaug the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.
—Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
Bold multilateral action on climate change could have an impact on the order of the green revolution.
—Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
Such actors played important roles in massively ambitious, transformative initiatives that took place in the Third World in that era, including the green revolution in agriculture and the global eradication of smallpox.
—Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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Anna Haines, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
The first was the green revolution, which introduced into the Global South a range of new agricultural technologies that massively expanded the global food supply and earned the American agronomist Norman Borlaug the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.
—Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
Bold multilateral action on climate change could have an impact on the order of the green revolution.
—Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
Such actors played important roles in massively ambitious, transformative initiatives that took place in the Third World in that era, including the green revolution in agriculture and the global eradication of smallpox.
—Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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“Green revolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20revolution. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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