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green revolution
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green revolution
n.
A significant increase in agricultural productivity resulting from the introduction of high-yield varieties of grains, the use of pesticides, and improved management techniques.
green revolution
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the introduction of high-yielding seeds and modern agricultural techniques in developing countries
green revolution
The application of science to increasing agricultural productivity, including the breeding of high-yield varieties of grains, the effective use of pesticides, and improved fertilization, irrigation, mechanization, and soil conservation techniques.
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Noun1.green revolution - the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
revolution - a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
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Gates also paid tribute to the late Norman Borlaug, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who is often called the father of the Green Revolution and who has been credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives by developing disease-resistant wheat.
Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers by AFP / AFP American Edition
The fact that the green revolution never came to the world's poorest continent, where agricultural productivity is just one-third the level in Asia, suggests that there is ample room for improvement.
Borlaug and the bankers by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
Subramaniam was minister for agriculture he ushered in what would later be called the Green Revolution -- a basket of policy initiatives based on highyielding seed varieties and intense application of fertilisers.
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