The Green Revolution, a transformation in the organization of South Asian agriculture that took place mainly between 1964 and 1978, was attendant upon the adoption of high-yielding varieties (HYV) of major crops, including rice, wheat, maize, and some...

The term "Green Revolution" is used for big increases in wheat and rice yields in developing countries from the 1960s brought about by new high-yielding crop strains combined with the use of fertilizers and agricultural chemicals. It was...

The "green revolution" refers to the widespread introduction of industrial agriculture into developing countries that began in the 1940s. As seen in Norman Borlaug's work on world hunger, its early promoters—led by the...

Green revolution refers to the breeding and widespread use of new varieties of cereal grains, especially wheat and rice. These semidwarf varieties boost yields when grown with high inputs of fertilizer and water. Green revolution agriculture became...

The Green Revolution is the ongoing worldwide transformation of agriculture that led to significant increases in agricultural production, and concomittant reductions in biodiversity and residual soil quality, between the 1940s and 1960s. The associated...

THE WORLD IS full of greens, and we're living on iceberg lettuce. Some of the great pleasures of spring and early summer are the baby greens, and we're not just talking lettuces here. Flower leaves, veggie tops, wood herbs, spicy head greens, water-growing...

Times are changing, and when it comes to building the housing America needs, the change is for the better. That's because the nation's home builders have taken the initiative. From recycling to reducing construction waste to improving energy efficiency and preserving natural...

President Bush presented the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday to agriculture scientist Norman Borlaug, whose work on high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat is credited with starting the "Green revolution" and alleviating starvation in India and Pakistan in the 1960s."The most fitting tribute we can offer...

If the world is committed to reducing poverty and achieving sustainable economic growth, the powers of using agriculture for development must be unleashed, the World Bank said Friday.Promoting agriculture, the bank said in its World Development Report, is essential for meeting the Millennium Development Goal...

A brief summary of the Green Revolution that swept the globe in the 1980s. It focuses on the techniques used, the positive and negative effects on certain countries, and some alternatives that are popular today.