Green revolution: the way forward

The origin of agriculture led to the domestication of many plant species and to the exploitation of natural resources. It took almost 10,000 years for food grain production to reach 1 billion tons, in 1960, and only 40 years to reach 2 billion tons, in 2000. This unprecedented increase, which has be...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature reviews. Genetics 2001-10, Vol.2 (10), p.815-822
1. Verfasser:	Khush, Gurdev S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agriculture Agriculture - methods Animal Genetics and Genomics Attitudes Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Biotechnology Birth defects Breast cancer Cancer Research Crops, Agricultural - genetics Crops, Agricultural - growth & development Determinism Developing countries Edible Grain - genetics Famine Food Supply Forecasting Gene Function Genes Genetic counseling Genetic Engineering Genetic testing Genetically altered foods Genome, Plant Human Genetics Humans Hybridization, Genetic Intellectual Property International organizations LDCs Oryza - genetics Population Dynamics Population Growth Social Change Soil - analysis Starvation - prevention & control timeline Trends
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Zusammenfassung:	The origin of agriculture led to the domestication of many plant species and to the exploitation of natural resources. It took almost 10,000 years for food grain production to reach 1 billion tons, in 1960, and only 40 years to reach 2 billion tons, in 2000. This unprecedented increase, which has been named the 'green revolution', resulted from the creation of genetically improved crop varieties, combined with the application of improved agronomic practices.
ISSN:	1471-0056 1471-0064
DOI:	10.1038/35093585