Controversy about agricultural technology lessons from the green revolution

Lessons from controversy: biomarkers evaluation.

The discovery and development of biomarkers presents exceptional challenges; despite the contribution of numerous authors who have described valuable guidelines and roadmaps designed to improve the different steps in the development pipeline, the biomarker saga is still riddled with failures [ 1 ]. This issue of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine ( CCLM ) contains an editorial by Rifai ...

Green revolution: Indian agricultural experience – a paradigm for Eritrea

Food problem became more severe after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, presenting a series challenges to India’s agricultural sector. Even during good harvest years, food imports remain high. A large segment of people were poor. To mitigate these problems, India adopted farming strategies under the “Green Revolution” in the mid 1960s. The application of modern farming technology, in...

Environmental consequences of agricultural development: a case study from the Green Revolution state of Haryana, India

The Green Revolution in India has achieved self-sufficiency in food production. However, in the state of Haryana this has resulted in continuous environmental degradation, particularly of soil, vegetation and water resources. Soil organic matter levels are declining and the use of chemical inputs is intensifying. Newly introduced crop varieties have been responsive to inputs but this has necess...

The Agricultural Revolution

The Organic Green Revolution