The pioneers of the green revolution as forerunners of today's ecological and biotechnological revolutions

Konferenzbeitrag

This paper presents the milestones of the Green Revolution, outlining its role in the development of today's sustainable and biotechnological agriculture, as well as Romanian contribution. In order to do this we used the material found in papers and books on the research in agriculture from the 1940s to the late 1980s. Current sustainable agriculture and biotechnological advancement, incuding the creation of genetically modified organisms could never have been possible without the Green Revolution. Reducing the height of the stalk allowed the production of highyielding cultivars that now are and will be used and modified with genetic engeneering methods in the context of a sustainable agriculture. We conclude the paper with proposing a model for the New 'Really Green' Revolution.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: In: Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania. 4th Edition of the International Symposium, November 2013, Bucharest ; Year: 2013 ; Pages: 130-135 ; Bucharest: The Research Institute for Agricultural Economy and Rural Development (ICEADR)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: green revolution ; ecology ; biotechnology ; plant breeding

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ţapu, Codrin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The Research Institute for Agricultural Economy and Rural Development (ICEADR)
• (where): Bucharest
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/111575
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET