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Course: World History Project - 1750 to the Present > Unit 9
Lesson 6: The Environment in an Age of Intense Globalization | 9.5- READ: The Anthropocene
- READ: Population and Environmental Trends, 1880 to the Present
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Green Revolution
- WATCH: Green Revolution
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Eradicating Smallpox
- WATCH: Eradicating Smallpox
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Drought and Famine
- WATCH: Drought and Famine
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Humans and Energy
- WATCH: Humans and Energy
- READ: Environmentalism
- READ: Conflict Over Natural Resources
- READ: LaDonna Brave Bull Allard (Graphic Biography)
- BEFORE YOU WATCH: Water and Classical Civilization
- WATCH: Water and Classical Civilization
- The Environment in an Age of Intense Globalization
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WATCH: Green Revolution
In this video, scholar Eman M. Elshaikh introduces the Green Revolution, which refers to agricultural technology transfers aimed at reducing world hunger, mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. The set of policies and aid initiatives also had a political element within the context of the Cold War. Aid from the US was linked to the belief that extreme poverty and hunger might turn populations to communist political movements. Debate continues over the benefits and costs of the programs, based on disagreements about sustainability, US corporate benefits, and whether the Green Revolution actually made things measurably better in the long run.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject. Created by Eman Elshaikh.
Website: https://whp.oerproject.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject. Created by Eman Elshaikh.
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Green revolution is not good,but not bad.(5 votes)
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