ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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First Agricultural Revolution
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Second Agricultural Revolution
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Third Agricultural Revolution
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Green Revolution
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Neolithic Revolution, or the (First) Agricultural Revolution, was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures during the Neolithic period from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making an increasingly large population possible.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Green Revolution resulted in increased production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) and was in large part due to the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding varieties, beginning in the mid-20th century with Borlaug’s work.
Detailed explanation-3: -Among many advances in agriculture were the wooden plow, new horse-drawn threshers, grain and grass cutters, cultivators, rakes, and the labor-saving corn shellers and the like. Many in turn were superseded or improved on with arrival of the industrial revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The seed drill, invented by Englishman Jethro Tull in 1701. The threshing machine, usually credited to Scotsman Andrew Meikle in 1786. The cotton gin, invented by New Englander Eli Whitney in 1793. The mechanical reaper, invented by Virginian Cyrus McCormick in 1831. More items •01-Sept-2022