the world were living in conditions approaching misery‚ with inadequate food and being victims of disease. He proposed the spread of the United State’s “technological knowledge” in order to help them realize their hopes for a better life. Dr. Norman Borlaug‚ in his Nobel Lecture of 1970‚ stated that the land is tired‚ worn out‚ depleted of plant nutrients causing the crop yields to be low and near starvation level. He said that the Green Revolution was their hope for the future. (Doc. 3‚ Doc. 4)
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p38-46. 9p. Document Type: Article Subjects: TRANSGENIC plants TRANSGENIC organisms -- Research DEMONSTRATIONS (Collective behavior) GENETICALLY modified foods -- Public opinion CROPS -- Genetic engineering -- Law & legislation BORLAUG‚ Norman E. (Norman Ernest)‚ 1914-2009 GROLM‚ Michael Abstract: The article discusses genetically modified organisms (GMOs)‚ focusing on political and social opposition to genetically modified foods in Europe as of April 2013. Topics include the raiding
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The Green Revolution was a phase of the third agricultural revolution in which new strains of hybrid seeds and fertilizers were invented that significantly increased the crop production. It began in Mexico with agricultural experimentation by Norman Borlaug (funded by the Rockefeller Foundation) finding ways to improve Mexico’s wheat grain production capabilities to reduce hunger in that region. Scientists found new hybrid strains of wheat‚ maize‚ and rice that were higher-yielding. This replaced
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The succsess of indusrtialization in the world has led to enviormental issues throught the world. As the 21st century begins‚ many nations are trying to deal with with the enviornmental effects of industrialization. Therefore began the green revolution‚ an attemp to change and if not change at least make progress. Starting in the early 19th Century the United States underwent an industrial revolution. The work that many people did changed as they moved from farms and small workshops into larger
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food crops and to make species of food crops more uniform and robust. Scientists developed strains of hybrid plants‚ such as wheat‚ rice‚ and maize that quantitatively produced more food that was of better quality. This research was led by Dr Norman Borlaug in Mexico and others under the sponsorship of the Rockefeller Foundation during the 1960s. The reason that the Green Revolution began was that the population of humans was increasing exponentially (in a J curve)‚ while the amount of food produced
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production around the world‚ beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. It forms a part of the ’neo-colonial’ system of agriculture wherein agriculture was viewed as more of a commercial sector than a subsistence one.[1] The initiatives‚ led by Norman Borlaug‚ the "Father of the Green Revolution" credited with saving over a billion people from starvation‚ involved the development of high-yielding varieties of cereal grains‚ expansion of irrigation infrastructure‚
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When Norman Borlaug won the award for his great work in coming up with new plant strains which formed Green Revolution basis‚ he shocked many in his acceptance speech. He said that there was no permanent means to control hunger. The agencies had to strive hard for food production. Importantly‚ those organizations that combat population growth had to equally fight hard (Wang et al‚ 2014). Borlaug emphasized on population control mitigation as a method
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Minhchau Truong ID 125 Prof. Kevin Maclean Midterm Exam Citation Black‚ Maggie. The No-Nonsense Guide to International Development. (London: New Internationalist Publications Ltd‚ 2007). Naim‚ Moises. Illicit: How Smugglers‚ Traffickers‚ and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy. (New York: Anchor Books‚ 2005). Reding‚ Nick. Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town. (New York: Bloomsbury‚ 2009). Thurow‚ Roger and Scott Kilman. Enough:
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Agriculture. Vol. 30‚ No. 2‚ pp. 125-131. van der Schans‚ J.W. & Wiskerke‚ J.S.C. (2012). “Sustainable food planning: evolving theory and practice”. Wageningen Academic Publishers‚ The Netherlands. Vietmeyer‚ N. (2012). “Our Daily Bread; The Essential Norman Borlaug”. Bracing Books‚ Lorton. United States of America. Glaeser‚ B. (1987). “”The Green Revolution Revisited”. Routledge. London Websites United Nations‚ Department of Economic and Social Affairs. (2013). “World Population Prospects: the 2012 Revision”
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Olivia Garvey Professor Elgren Society and the Environment April 22‚ 2014 Genetically Modified Organisms—Harmful or Beneficial? Genetic engineering in agricultural crops serves as an exciting route in future possibilities of food production. Several benefits result from this technology‚ where genetically modifying crops has the capacity to improve genes that provide better resistance to stress—whether it be resistance to pests‚ severe weather such as frost or drought‚ disease‚ or from chemical
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