Green rev Flashcards
Is foood cost expensive or cheap
- it had becoe cheap
- americans spend less income on food compared to other countries.
Why is food so cheap in the US??????
- Mechanization
- New crops
- synthetics
- herbacides and pesticides
- better intergration
What is an example of mechinization and what did it do?
- tractors; struggled to profit before mechanization
- biggest transformation
- had niggas trading horses fro tractors
How did mechinaization affect productivity over time?
- back then 100 bushells for 5 acres with horses
- now 850 bushels for 5 acres with tractor
Example of synthetic fertilizers and what did it do?
- before farmers used shit, phosphates strengthen crops - legumes ( green shit) naturally enrich soidl
- Nitrates used in fertilizers unit WW11 thenused gunpoweder
how did farmers learn about synthetic fertilizers
- scientis came and taught them how to use the fertilizer for better fields.
What were pestacides used for?
- to kill bugs
What is the percentage of fresh water used for irrigation
70 %
What is irrigation
what does it boost in dry areas?
supplies water to crops
- Boosts yield in dry areas
What was happening in 1963 with food?
-UN warned of impending food crisis
what did food for peace send out to promote democracy? Why?
wheat nigga
- scared of communisit parties
- hunger led to anger
Who is the father of the green revolution
- Norman borlaug
What did Norman Borlaug do
- create a wheat breeding program in mexico
- funded by rocefeller and ford
What was the short dwarfed wheat called? what did it profuce
- norin wheat originating in japan
- produced high-yielding wheat
What was the problem with tall wheat
what is high yeliding
- would blow over from the wind and rain ( lodgening )
- not high yielding
Why was the smaller wheat benificial?
was it high yielding?
- It was stronger and shorter so it didn’t get knocked down by wind
- high yeild
who was the father of miracle rice
Henry Beachell 🏖️
what is ir8
- how did it originate
- the 1st example of high yeilding rice
- originated from breeding experiments
What wa the breeding process like for ir8
- short rice x tall rice = 132 tall plants
- self pollination lead to 10,000 plant 3:1
- bc of the 3:1 ration we know that Ir8 is controlled by a single gene
- short plants to self pollinate
WHat familiy was rice ir8 in
what did it produce
- family 288 plant 3
- high yeilding rice.
cons/criticisms of the green revolution
- costs money ( ne tech and shit)
- environmental impact
- domino effect ( farmers competing with each other)
Do you need to increase tech for higher yielding fields?
- yes, without tech you can not do this
- India wants higher yielding fields but without the tech; makes it hard.
