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When agriculture focuses on profit instead of food

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Equal Times

Publication Date
2020-04-02

In the mid-20th century, the so-called Green Revolution changed humanity’s relationship with agriculture. A series of technological advances in high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat seeds, along with irrigation systems and new fertilisers and pesticides – which marked the official entry of the chemical industry into the field – brought about a dramatic increase in agricultural productivity.

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https://www.equaltimes.org/when-agriculture-focuses-on-profit#.XoXb54hKhPY