Green Revolution
by Sandra Ng
1. What
1.1. HYVs
1.1.1. contamination
1.1.1.1. Reduce biodiversity
1.2. GM food
1.3. Fertilizers
1.3.1. Algal bloom
1.3.1.1. Eutrophication
1.4. Pesticides
1.4.1. 'Super' pests
1.4.2. Water pollution
1.4.2.1. marine ecology
1.4.2.2. Contamination
1.5. Herbicides
1.5.1. 'Super' weeds
1.6. Technology = Mechanization
1.6.1. Fewer job opp.
1.6.1.1. unemployment
1.7. Irrigation
1.7.1. Waterlogging
1.7.2. ^salinity
2. ^output
3. Monoculture
4. Why?
4.1. ^ global population
4.1.1. esp. in Third World Countries
4.1.1.1. LDC
4.1.1.1.1. Low SOL
4.1.1.1.2. Low QOL
4.1.1.1.3. Poverty
4.1.1.1.4. Agriculture
4.1.1.1.5. primary industry
4.2. ^food supply
4.2.1. food security
4.2.1.1. prevent:
4.2.1.1.1. malnutrition
4.2.1.1.2. hunger
4.2.1.1.3. price inflation (affordability)
4.2.2. ^Scale
4.2.2.1. ^land ^capital
4.2.2.2. intensify
4.3. ^efficiency
4.3.1. the way you farm