Science, technology, and the environment - Population and healing - Prolonging human life
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What factors might have helped the postwar shift in longevity?
What increased agricultural output?
- Key to the increases were fossil fuel-intensive mechanization, the expansion of irrigation beyond the immediate confines of river systems, crop breeding, and the introduction of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
- The so-called "Green Revolution" of the 1960s, when rich countries introduced high-yielding, disease-resistant strains of staple crops such as wheat, rice, and corn to poor countries, had a dramatic impact in densely populated countries such as India.
Which country illustrates the impact of new approaches to agriculture?
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What did economists argue about China's material abundance, because of agriculture?
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