The Agricultural Revolution

The pre-islamic revolution land reforms in iran:major effects and problems

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 ...

Green Revolution in India and Its Significance in Economic Development: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa

In recent years India is experiencing a rapid economic growth, especially after the 1990s when India started to liberalize its economy in a full scale. However, the author emphasizes the critical importance of the preceded 1980s when Indian agricultural sector registered a high growth rate. The Green Revolution in India started in the late 1960s and with its success India attained food self-suf...

Involution, Revolution, or What? Agricultural Productivity, Income, and Chinese Economic Development

Modelling the dynamics of economic development driven by agricultural growth in Patna Region, India

1 Background Agriculture sector occupies the centre stage in shaping India’s socio-economic status. The economy of the second most populous country in the world is inextricably linked to the pulse of its agricultural success or failure. India has witnessed a significant increase in food grain production after green revolution, oilseeds production after yellow revolution, milk production after w...

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...