Green Revolution

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Paris - ESIT - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3

Budapest

05/02/2020 - 00:00

Description

The dramatic effects of the Green Revolution in the 50's and 60's.

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Speech Details

Language

(en) English

Speech number: 29504

Duration

08:45

Level

Advanced / Test-type

Use

Simultaneous

Domains

Agriculture

Environment

Terminology

Norman Borlaug, Rockefeller Foundation, fungus, wheat, predator, black stem rust fungus, harvest, fungus spores, shed, stalk, semi-dwarf wheat, artificial fertilisers, spurt of growth, spindly, to rot, ears of the wheat, short stout stalk, yield, IRRI (International Rice Research Institute), to shake off, Philippines, rice varieties, to breed