Green Revolution
The Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution, is the set of research technology transfer initiatives occurring between 1950 and the late 1960s, that increased agricultural production worldwide, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. The initiatives resulted in the adoption of new technologies, including high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of cereals, especially dwarf wheat and rice. It was associated with chemical fertilizers, agrochemicals, and controlled water-supply (usually involving irrigation) and newer methods of cultivation, including mechanization. All of these together were seen as a 'package of practices' to supersede 'traditional' technology and to be adopted as a whole.Both the Ford Foundation …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 9 June 2022 English
On his birth anniversary, a tribute to Shahir Atmaram Salve, whose fiery poetry shaped the Namantar movement in Marathwada in the 1970s-80s. His songs stir the struggle for Dalit rights …
workers’ struggles in Mumbai; Shahada movement; Green Revolution; Marathwada Vikas Andolan; and the drought …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 April 2022 English
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, published this report titled State of Biofertilizers and Organic Fertilizers in India on April 20, 2022. CSE is a research organisation …
began to be used in the 1960s as part of the “green revolution” in the country. A return to these non-chemical …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2022 English
This report was published in April 2022 by the Foundation for Agrarian Studies and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, New Delhi. It presents the results of a study titled "Trends of Public …
investments made by the public sector. The green revolution that led to a significant increase in overall … sustain industrial growth rates. 2 The green revolution of the 1960s The two successive drought years … to be known as the “green revolution”. The technologies of the green revolution were a product of the … strategic choice. Consequently, the benefits of green revolution were distributed unevenly with a “region- … adoption of new technologies in the post-green revolution period. The argument in favour of reducing …
LC: Library of Congress · 2022 English
"Seed Activism is an ethnography of court challenges to corporate intellectual property (IP) rights and practices in Brazil and India. Based on a wealth of interviews with a diverse range …
the Green Revolution of the 1960s and the Gene Revolution of the 1990s. The Green Revolution, founded …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 March 2021 English
This report was published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) in May 2021. It is the second edition of the World Social Report series …
of these countries. The experience of the Green Revolution in the 1960s in India and several other developing … productivity received a big boost with the Green Revolution in the 1960s, when high-yielding varieties … fertilizers and pesticides. The experi- ence of the Green Revolution showed that the produc- tivity increase of …
LC: Library of Congress · 2021 English
"CEEW report." "This study assesses the most promising sustainable agriculture practices and systems in India to map their on-ground adoption and their impact on economy, society, and environment.."--Page prior to …
iiii Green Revolution-led agriculture in a climate changing- world A rguably, the Green Revolution remains … needs by reducing food imports. While the Green Revolution has ensured India’s self-suffi ciency for our … the focus remains heavily skewed towards green revolution-led farming. Among SAPSs, eight of the 30 …
LC: Library of Congress · 2021 English
Study based on the Siruguppa Taluk of Bellary District in the state of Karnataka, India.
and crop protection chemicals heralded the green revolution in India. However, due to their inefficient … for its contribution in bringing about the green revolution. During the period starting in the 1960s and …
LC: Library of Congress · 2021 English
Contributed articles. Includes statistical tables. Includes bibliographical references. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Observer Research Foundation, www site, viewed December …
2021 64 Simon Edelsten, “Grey areas in the green revolution”, Financial Times, 20 January 2021, https:// …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 December 2020 English
A Study of the Agricultural Markets of Bihar, Odisha and Punjab was published in December 2020 by the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for the Advanced Study for India (CASI). The …
This underlay policies underpinning the Green Revolution, with its emphasis on new seed technologies …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 November 2020 English
This report was published by Network of Rural & Agrarian Studies (a nationwide collective of scholars, researchers, farmers, students and activists) on November 30, 2020. It aims to provide a …
Technological Treadmills 39 5.3 Hunger, the Green Revolution and GMOs 41 6. What are the Perils of Populism … diversity, and nutrition. ● Promoting the Green Revolution model across the nation with its emphasis … Response of the State to the Crisis of the Green Revolution has been to Push Populist Policies which … of Agriculture II. Loss of Soil Health ● Green Revolution policies have disregarded the importance of … from cultivation after the 1970s due to the Green Revolution. Now only 7000 local varieties exist, out …
