Green Revolution
Set of research technology transfer initiatives increasing agricultural production worldwide, particularly with high-yield crop varieties.
Core metadata
- ID: green_revolution_agriculture
- Era: Modern
- First known date: 1943 (exact)
- Region: Mexico, with Rockefeller Foundation and Mexican government agricultural research programs
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
- Chemical Fertilizers (chemical_fertilizers)
- Genetics (Mendel) (genetics_mendel)
- Internal Combustion Engine (internal_combustion_engine)
- Irrigation (irrigation)
- Mass Production (mass_production)
- Selective Seed Saving (selective_seed_saving)
Dependents
Fields
Field lanes
- Agriculture & Food Systems: Crop Science
Node sources
- Solving Global Climate and Nutrition Challenges Depends on Accelerated Crop Breeding (CGIAR, 2022, official_agency) • Supports: node, maturity
- From Working Collections to the World Germplasm Project (History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 2017, review) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 6
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 6
- expert_inference: 6
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Fertilizers (chemical_fertilizers) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Chemical Fertilizers provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Genetics (Mendel) (genetics_mendel) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Genetics (Mendel) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Mass Production (mass_production) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Mass Production provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Irrigation (irrigation) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Irrigation provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Internal Combustion Engine (internal_combustion_engine) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Internal Combustion Engine provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Selective Seed Saving (selective_seed_saving) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Selective Seed Saving provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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