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Definition of Green revolution
1. Noun. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity.
Medical Definition of Green revolution
1. Advances in genetics, petrochemicals, and machinery that culminated in adramatic increase in crop productivity during the third quarter of the20th century. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Green Revolution
Literary usage of Green revolution
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul A. Robinson (1996)
"No New green revolutions Interestingly, the entire green revolution was based on
two characters, the short straw of wheat, and the short straw of rice, ..."
2. Production and Consumption of Foodgrains in India: Implications of by J. S. Sarma, Vasant P. Gandhi (1990)
"With the green revolution (beginning in 1967/68), the major source of growth ...
From the beginning of the green revolution, average yields increased by 55 ..."
3. Agricultural Research and Productivity Growth in India by Robert E. Evenson, Carl Pray, Mark W. Rosegrant (1998)
"The significance of the early and mature green revolution periods was discussed in
... Here, the results show that the early green revolution saw rapidly ..."
4. Livestock to 2020: The Next Food Revolution by Christopher L. Delgado (1999)
"Like the well-known green revolution, the label is a simple and ... And not unlike
the green revolution, the “revolutionary” aspect comes from the ..."
5. Food Policy for the Poor: Expanding the Research Frontiers : Highlights from by Joachim Von Braun, Rajul Pandya-Lorch (2005)
"The green revolution Reconsidered: The lmpact of High-Yielding Rice Varieties in
South lndia Peter BR Hazell and C. Ramasamy Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins ..."
6. Planet Geographyby Stephen Codrington by Stephen Codrington (2005)
"The green revolution Success or failure? Some successes s _ I _ • Yields of ...
Figure 24.54 Some benefits and problems of the green revolution. species. ..."
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