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THOMAS MALTHUS
GREEN REVOLUTION
Adoption of new,
improved varieties of
grains
Application of better
agricultural techniques
Irrigation
Mechanization
Use of fertilizer
Use of pesticides
WHEAT
Mexico
Egypt
Turkey
RICE
Thailand
Vietnam
Korea
Indonesia
BOTH
India
China
Pakistan
Golden Rice
THE GREAT YELLOW HOPE
to vitamin A
Blindness in LDCs is caused by
vitamin A deficiencies
Golden Rice
THE GREAT YELLOW HYPE
Green Revolution
benefits
Core exports high-yield miracle seeds
Needed oil-based fertilizers, pesticides
Asian rice crop up 66% in 1965-85
Favored areas with good soil, weather
Green Revolution
Green Revolution
drawbacks
Favored farmers who could afford seeds,
Biotechnology:
Using organisms to
Make or modify products
Improve plants or animals
Develop new microorganisms
Crossing natural divides between species
Not just crossbreeding
Genetic Engineering
Genetically Modified
Organisms (GMO)
Consumerconcerns
beganinEurope,
nowinU.S.too
FRANKENFOODS
Biotechnology
benefits in agriculture
Increase yields
Increase pest resistance
Grow crops in new areas
Biotechnology
drawbacks in agriculture
High costs (available to few)
Monocrops have less tolerance to disease
Possible health effects
Contamination of wild crops (superweeds)
Corporate patents on life forms
Bovine Growth
Hormone (BGH)
Starlink corn
Firstcalfclonedin
Wisconsin,1997.
Manyclonesdie
ofcomplications.
Ethicaland
economicconflicts
SanFrancisco
FarmersMarket
Minneapolisairport
flowerstand