Green Revolution

Geography - Notes on the Green Revolution

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Green Revolution by Mind Map: Green Revolution

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