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    The document discusses the history and effects of the Green Revolution. It describes how Norman Borlaug propagated a method in the 1960s-1970s that utilized pesticides, fertilizers, and irrigation techniques to increase crop yields in Mexico and India through selective breeding. However, the pesticides like DDT used in this process were later found to harm both the environment and human health. A downfall was that selective breeding took a long time and results were often irreproducible.

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    The document discusses the history and effects of the Green Revolution. It describes how Norman Borlaug propagated a method in the 1960s-1970s that utilized pesticides, fertilizers, and irrigation techniques to increase crop yields in Mexico and India through selective breeding. However, the pesticides like DDT used in this process were later found to harm both the environment and human health. A downfall was that selective breeding took a long time and results were often irreproducible.

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    Cloning and the Green Revolution March 15, 2008 History 199

    The First Green Revolution


    The Green Revolution is the name of the phenomenon of modifying agriculture using molecular means in order to improve yield. This method was propagated by Norman Borlaug. Increased output of Agriculture in the Countries of Mexico and India in the 1960s and 1970s.

    The First Green Revolution


    This method utilized the usage of pesticides, fertilizer, and improved techniques of irrigation. Used the process of natural selection to select for the most efficient strains of plants to be used for crops. Crops with favorable traits such as resistance to disease and high yield were selected for.

    Downfalls of First Green Revolution


    The pesticides used were found to harm both the plants and the animals that ingested these plants, including humans. DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) is a major example of a pesticide that negatively affects humans and animals. It has been shown to cause reproductive harm, has been linked to cancer, and other illnesses.

    DDT

    Downfalls of First Green Revolution


    Another downfall to this technique is that it takes a long time (~months to years) and must be done in the field. It is inefficient as the results are often irreproducible and the productive strains can be lost.

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