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social science subjects > business and management > business ethics > corporations and the environment > green revolution
... > social science subjects > sociology > environmental, urban and regional sociology > environmental sociology > movements and regulations > green revolution
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social science subjects > business and management > international business > economics of international business > green revolution

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green revolution  

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  • The green revolution can refer to any major and innovative change in agricultural productivity, but more commonly the term is used to identify the radical changes in agricultural productivity that occurred in the middle and late decades of the 20th century. Historians sometimes speak of three agricultural revolutions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Green Revolution]

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