green revolution meaning

• Noun: green revolution
  1. The introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity

  Derived forms: green revolutions

  Type of: revolution

  Encyclopedia: Green revolution

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  [Business]
  noun [sing.]

  1

  the dramatic increase in the quantity of crops such as rice and wheat produced, which happened in the second half of the twentieth century as the result of more scientific methods of agriculture

  2

  a dramatic rise in concern about the environment in countries with developed industries

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  [Economics]
  Large improvements in recent decades in agricultural productivity in less developed countries (LDCs), due to improved plant varieties and widespread use of fertilizer and pesticides. This has raised living standards in many countries, and staved off a Malthusian crisis which might otherwise have resulted from persistent high population growth rates.

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• "green revolution" meaning in Chinese: 绿色革命〔由于粮食作物新品种的发展和农业技术的改进，引起收成的极大增长〕。
• "green revolution" meaning in Japanese: green revolutionグリーンレボリューション
• "green revolution" meaning in Korean: noun, 품종 개량에 의한 식량 증산
• "green revolution" meaning in Russian: "зеленая" революция; резкое увеличение производства разноо...
• "green revolution" meaning in Arabic: الثورة الخضراء
• "green revolution" meaning in French: révolution verte