The Second Green Revolution Will Bring Agri-Tech Breakthroughs to Growers

From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution: How will the Poor Fare?

The past four decades have seen two waves of agricultural technology development and diffusion to developing countries. The first wave was initiated by the Green Revolution in which an explicit strategy for technology development and diffusion targeting poor farmers in poor countries made improved germplasm freely available as a public good. The second wave was generated by the Gene Revolution ...

Power to the people: what will bring about the patient centred revolution?

The incoming coalition government wasted no time in declaring its intention to “put patients at the heart of the NHS” in England. The 2010 white paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS promised more choice, control and information. It also promisedmore shared decisionmaking with “no decision about me without me” and a powerful new “consumer” champion Healthwatch to stand up for our inte...

TURNER REVIEW No. 14 Roots of the Second Green Revolution

The Green Revolution boosted crop yields in developing nations by introducing dwarf genotypes of wheat and rice capable of responding to fertilisation without lodging. We now need a second Green Revolution, to improve the yield of crops grown in infertile soils by farmers with little access to fertiliser, who represent the majority of thirdworld farmers. Just as the Green Revolution was based o...

The second green revolution? Production of plant-based biodegradable plastics.

Biodegradable plastics are those that can be completely degraded in landfills, composters or sewage treatment plants by the action of naturally occurring micro-organisms. Truly biodegradable plastics leave no toxic, visible or distinguishable residues following degradation. Their biodegradability contrasts sharply with most petroleum-based plastics, which are essentially indestructible in a bio...

The Organic Green Revolution