Most social scientists once took a negative view of the socio-economic consequences of the Green Revolution. Events have since proved them wrong. Using Bangladesh as an example, we offer three reasons why social scientists were mistaken. One is the focus on village studies at the expense of ...
By their estimation, it is no accident that theIndustrial Revolutionbegan in Britain. However, the very fact Britain had reached a point where it was fertile ground for the Revolution is part chance and part cultural development. In short, they argue that meaningfulchanges in history, like the ...
Why did the Holodomor start? Why did Pol Pot commit genocide? Why was the Chinese Communist Revolution important? Why did colonization of Africa begin in the Congo? Why was the Vietnam War also called the Second Indochina War? Why did the Haitian Revolution succeed?
Why was Green Revolution started in India? Why did the Quit India Movement fail? Why did the British want colonial New York? Why was Indian Territory ineligible for single statehood? Why were the Indians allies with the British during the Revolutionary War?
the Green Revolution spearheaded by the Iowa-born plant pathologist and geneticist Norman Borlaug substantially increased yields of wheat, corn, and rice in many parts of the world. It did so, in part, by introducing more productive crop varieties, starting in Mexico and then in Pakistan, India...
“Green Revolution” was used for the first time in 1968 by US Agency for International Development (USAID) director William Gaud. He says on the development of new agriculture technologies: ”These and other developments in the field of agriculture contain the makings of a new revolution. It ...
By not doing enough to fight global warming, we’re trashing the planet. Innovation may save us, but it will not be pretty.
Why did it seem like the right time to write a book on big bets? Video I wrote this book because it is possible to be optimistic about solving some of the biggest problems we face in the world. When you look out there, sometimes it’s easy to be cynical. Can w...
Has England? What happened? I'm looking to Andy, trying to understand. That's when I realize: I did the math wrong. Two to win, which means, after all that drama, my God … It's a tie. Carrying the hopes of a billion countrymen ...
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