Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
The year 1960 was one of those dates when humanity braced for the worst. War, the first signs of climate change and new technologies that could spread fear in an instant all came together. One worry stood out: a famine was about to sweep the world. Farm yields were low, several regions of the globe were already going hungry, and the apocalyptic tone of the Cold War did not help.
The famines of those years were real, but far less widespread than predicted. In the meantime, technical advances had transformed the way food was grown, and then transported. This is the story of the Green Revolution, of its successes in Mexico and India, and of the countries it did not save.
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- 2From the Dust Bowl to the baby boom: the fear of running out
- 3Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution
- 4The famines that did happen: Biafra and China
- 5A legacy praised and contested
Open-book quiz8 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary7 terms explained in a tap.
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