Category: Green Revolution
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Opportunities and Challenges of Climate-Smart Agriculture: Analysis of Shortcomings of the Green Revolution
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is AN approach for reworking and reorienting agricultural systems to support food security beneath the new realities of global climate change. As reiterated by Taylor (2018), it comprises a unified governance framework designed to defuse agricultural methods and technologies that increase the productivity of a given crop while simultaneously building resilience to…
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Food Aid and Impact of Green Revolution: Analytical Essay
The delivery of food aid to the global South, specifically Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), masquerades as a noble and generous policy that stimulates development. Such aid is inextricably bound to the legacy of colonialism, perpetuating an entrenched system of poverty and dependency on donor nations. It is crucial to recognize that the global Souths position in…
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Analysis of Pesticides Control: Toxic Consequences of the Green Revolution in India
Traditional (past), present, and future approaches to control pesticide residue in fresh produce Introduction: The major challenge that agriculture faces in the twenty-first century is the need to give food to the worlds quickly growing population. The selection of a high-yielding variety of crops has greatly helped mankind in reducing poverty and hunger. Reducing crop…
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The Violence of the Green Revolution: Analytical Essay
Food security is defined by The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Within the past year, there have been…
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Indian Agriculture in the Light of the Green Revolution
Agriculture in India has been persistent even before the advent of the East India Company to India in the 18th century. But, only the weavers of India were famous for their fine and intricate craftmanship on cotton and silk. Little did the world know of the Indian farmers until they were made to grow Indigo…
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Scarcity as a Long-Term Issue on the Examples of the Paleolithic Era, the Agricultural Revolution and the Green Revolution
Enduring issues are issues that have been around for various amounts of time. Different generations have attempted to address them with different outcomes. One of those enduring issues is scarcity. Scarcity is a significant enduring issue because this affects many people around the world today and has lasting effects on civilizations/societies as shown in the…