AP Human Geography / Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
5.5 The Green Revolution
Notes
From the 1940s–1970s: high-yield seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation and machinery.
- Increased food production, especially in Asia and Latin America.
- Costs: water use, pollution, debt for poor farmers, less crop diversity. Less success in Africa.
Practice
The Green Revolution mainly increased:
High-yield varieties.
A criticism of the Green Revolution:
Unequal benefits.
The Green Revolution had less success in sub-Saharan Africa partly because of:
Different crops and conditions.
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