GEO111 Green Revolution Done by: CA Calcutt s215156919 /2015 CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2 WHAT IS THE GREEN REVOLUTION?……………………………………………………………………….….....……3 WHY WAS THE GREEN REVOLUTION SO POPULAR?.................................................................3 METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING THE GREEN REVOLUTION…………………………………………………….4 IMPROVEMENTS & ADVANCES BROUGHT BY THE GREEN REVOLUTION………………….…………..5 IMPACTS OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT
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DBQ-Green Revolution The Green Revolution brought about many causes in societies‚ some positive and some negative‚ due to new uses of technologies such as scientifically bred crops. Since the revolution started in 1945‚ the agricultural supply has gone up tremendously and farmers have benefitted (doc 1‚ 2‚ 6). Many cities‚ such as Punjab‚ India‚ state how the Green Revolution was extremely beneficial in multiple situations not just economically‚ however‚ other cities think differently‚ saying
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The Green Revolution | A Review | Sumit Shah‚ SYBCom. Honours | Table of Contents | Sr. No | Particulars | Page No. | 1. | Introduction | 3 | 2. | Causes | 4 | 3. | Intense Agricultural District Program * Continued expansion of farming areas * Double-cropping existing farmland * Irrigation * Using seeds with improved genetics * Fertilizers * Food Corporation of India and the Agriculture Prices Commission * Research‚ Education‚ and Extension | 77889910 | 4. | Positive
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Green Revolution refers to a series of research‚ development‚ and technology transfer initiatives‚ occurring between the 1940s and the late 1970s‚ that increased agriculture production worldwide‚ particularly in the developing world‚ beginning most markedly in the late 1960s.[1] The initiatives‚ led byNorman Borlaug‚ the "Father of the Green Revolution" credited with saving over a billion people from starvation‚ involved the development of high-yielding varieties of cereal grains‚ expansion of irrigation
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TITLE: DISCUSSION ESSAY: GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD IS THE NEW ’GREEN REVOLUTION’ WITH ADVANTAGES IN AGRIBUSINESS AND CONSUMERS. GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD IS THE NEW “GREEN REVOLUTION” WITH ADVANTAGES IN AGRIBUSINESS AND CONSUMERS. INTRODUCTION Genetically modified foods are foods derived from genetically modified plants produced by genetic engineering technology. The technology allows genes to be transferred from one organism into the other and can occur between unrelated species
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With the rapid growth of our global population pouring into the next millennium‚ we will witness an ever-growing hunger rate around the world. That is unless we call for a revolution on the global scale. The Green Revolution which already sprouted in the early part of the century only need to add a bit more momentum and we will see a bright future for the human race‚ a future without hunger and starvation ¡V hopefully.<br><br>It is becoming increasingly difficult for the planet to support its overwhelming
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Although the Green Revolution was started to end world hunger and the disparity in developing countries‚ it caused other consequences which included population growth and changes in genetic diversity of certain plants and cultural lifestyles. This revolution introduced the use of new technology and many scientifically altered crops to the world. With the rise in food supply‚ the population increased and some countries weren’t as starving as before. But with the advancement in technology and crop
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Green Revolution and the Economy Throughout the years‚ human impact on the environment has had a huge effect on declining ecosystems and has negatively affected biodiversity of natural wildlife. (Lowy n.pag.) Going green was an idea created with the environment in mind‚ helping to recycle what we have and save the natural resources and wildlife we have left‚ so that our world can continue existing as it does today and perhaps even better in the future. (Obama For America n.pag.) Many businesses have
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STUDY OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ENERGY SOURCES ISRAEL’S GREEN INITIATIVE • Until recently‚ with a significant offshore natural gas discovery‚ Israel has had essentially no commercial fossil fuel resources of its own‚ and has been forced to depend almost exclusively on imports to meet its energy needs. • Israel has attempted to diversify its supply sources and to utilize alternatives like solar and wind energy. Traditionally‚ Israel has relied on expensive‚
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to have every advantage‚ however the United States experienced key political‚ diplomatic‚ and military advantages that led to the success of the Revolution. Politically the colonies had gone through many key changes in ideology that gave the idea of revolution the traction that it would need to gain public support. The people that encouraged revolution such as Thomas Paine‚ the writer of the essay entitled common sense‚ would be crucial in uniting the American people into a fighting force that could
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