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The 64 pages that link to Green Revolution, each with the reason it gives.

• Integrated pest managementCompared with: Its input-intensive farming model contrasts with IPM's emphasis on monitoring and reducing avoidable treatments.

• IrrigationRelated: Expanded irrigation helped high-yield crops achieve large harvests in suitable regions.

• AmmoniaRelated: Industrial ammonia enabled the synthetic nitrogen fertilizers that supported major gains in crop production.

• Plant breedingBroader topic: Semidwarf wheat and rice varieties show how breeding reshaped food production.

• NitrogenRelated: Synthetic nitrogen fertilizer helped make its yield gains possible.

• FertilizerRelated: Expanded use of synthetic fertilizers helped raise yields during this transformation.

• Cultural diffusionRelated: Agricultural methods and crop varieties spread internationally through research and development programs.

• RiceRelated: New rice varieties and farming methods sharply raised yields in parts of Asia.

• Crop yieldBroader topic: Its technologies raised yields sharply in many regions while changing farming systems.

• Haber–Bosch processRelated: Synthetic nitrogen fertilizer from the process was a precondition for the yield gains.

• Nitric acidRelated: Nitric-acid-derived nitrogen fertilizers helped raise crop yields during this transformation.

• Agricultural intensificationBroader topic: Its input-intensive package sharply increased cereal production per hectare in many regions.

• Food sovereigntyCompared with: Its input-intensive model contrasts with food sovereignty’s emphasis on local control and ecological practices.

• Modernization theoryBroader topic: Agricultural modernization became a practical expression of development strategies shaped by growth-focused thinking.

• AgroecologyCompared with: Agroecology developed partly in response to the ecological and social costs attributed to this model.

• Cut flowerCompared with: Its staple-crop focus contrasts with the ornamental goals of flower production.

• WheatRelated: Semi-dwarf wheat varieties helped raise harvests in several countries.

• Agricultural extensionRelated: Extension helped communicate and support adoption of technologies associated with this transformation.

• Fritz HaberRelated: Industrial nitrogen fertilizer enabled the high-yield farming associated with this transformation.

• PoaceaeRelated: High-yielding wheat and rice varieties intensified reliance on grass crops.

• Nitrogen fertilizerRelated: Expanded synthetic nitrogen use helped raise yields during this transformation.

• PotashRelated: Expanded fertilizer use, including potash, supported higher-yielding agriculture.

• Agricultural runoffRelated: Greater fertilizer use increased the scale of nutrient runoff concerns.

• Industrial agricultureBroader topic: Its input-intensive package expanded cereal yields and became a defining model of modern farming.

• SoybeanRelated: Modern breeding and farming systems helped increase soybean yields and production across major growing regions.

• Agrarian societyCompared with: It transformed agricultural output and rural life without ending agriculture’s central role.

• Agricultural machineryRelated: Mechanized field operations supported the expansion of intensive crop production.

• Green Revolution in IndiaNarrower topic: India's experience was one national chapter of this wider agricultural transformation.

• HerbicideRelated: Herbicide use grew within the input-intensive farming systems associated with this transformation.

• Green manureCompared with: Input-intensive farming shifted attention away from some traditional soil-building rotations.

• AgronomyRelated: It demonstrated how breeding and intensive management could rapidly raise crop yields.

• PeasantRelated: Its technologies changed peasant farming while often increasing dependence on purchased inputs.

• GibberellinRelated: Semidwarf wheat varieties with altered gibberellin response resisted lodging under heavy fertilizer use.

• Carl BoschRelated: The fertilizer supply made possible by synthetic nitrogen helped support later agricultural intensification.

• CerealRelated: New wheat and rice varieties sharply increased cereal yields in many regions.

• Thomas Robert MalthusCompared with: Its yield gains demonstrated how technology can change the food-supply limits assumed in simple Malthusian models.

• Center-pivot irrigationRelated: The spread of mechanized irrigation formed part of the broader rise in intensive agriculture.

• Norman BorlaugNarrower topic: Borlaug’s wheat became one of the defining technologies of this transformation.

• Synthetic fertilizerRelated: Access to synthetic nutrients helped support the high-yield farming systems associated with it.

• Rockefeller FoundationRelated: It shows the scale of agricultural change enabled in part by Foundation-supported research.

• Agricultural policyRelated: Its productivity gains prompted policy choices about research, inputs, distribution, and rural inequality.

• Ammonia synthesisRelated: Ammonia-derived nitrogen fertilizers helped support the sharp rise in crop yields.

• Globalization of foodRelated: Its crop varieties and inputs reshaped food production and diets across national borders.

• Conventional agricultureBroader topic: It exemplifies how input-intensive farming sharply increased yields in many regions.

• Farm consolidationRelated: Its input-intensive technologies raised yields but could favor farms able to finance costly investments.

• History of biologyRelated: Plant breeding and agricultural biology contributed to sharp increases in crop production.

• Staple foodRelated: Higher yields of staple grains changed food supplies and farming in many countries.

• An Essay on the Principle of PopulationCompared with: Its yield gains demonstrate how technology can expand food supply beyond Malthus’s expected pace.

• Bangladesh famine of 1974Compared with: Its uneven reach underscores why national food production gains did not secure access for the poorest.

• M. S. SwaminathanNarrower topic: The Indian changes he helped advance formed one major national chapter of this wider transformation.