Green Revolution
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Coined by former chief of the US foreign aid program (USAID) William Steen Gaud in 1968.[1]
Proper noun[edit]
- The set of wide-ranging technological changes to agriculture in the 20th century, particularly in developing countries, which allowed for greater food production capacity.
- Synonym: Third Agricultural Revolution
- 2018 April 24, Gary A. Gomby, “The Conversation”, in The Atlantic[2]:
- The Green Revolution was, as [Norman] Borlaug recognized, merely a transition to an onrushing future where billions more will want the same things we in the United States and the rest of the developed world already have.
- 2023 October 7, John Reed, “Obituary: Plant geneticist whose work transformed a hungry nation”, in FT Weekend, page 6:
- Swaminathan went on to become the chief architect of India's “green revolution”, which would tranform a chronically hungry nation and perpetual ward of foreign donors into one of the world's largest food producers.
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References[edit]
- ^ William S. Gaud (1968 March 8) “The Green Revolution: Accomplishments and Apprehensions”, in AgBioWorld[1]: “These and other developments in the field of agriculture contain the makings of a new revolution. It is not a violet Red Revolution like that of the Soviets, nor is it a White Revolution like that of the Shah of Iran. I call it the Green Revolution.”
Further reading[edit]
Green Revolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
