1. green revolution - Noun
2. Green revolution - Proper noun
the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity
Source: WordNetThe green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world. Norman Borlaug
For many years, the country has believed these pesticides are vital to keeping away starvation, to advance the green revolution. The main concern was food production and disease control - not public health safety. Some of us believe this must change, but it... will take some time. Maneka Gandhi
You'll know the green revolution has been won when the word 'green' disappears. Thomas Friedman
The Green Revolution focused on the big three - maize, rice and wheat - and the Green Revolution did not adapt the big three to African conditions, other than South Africa, as much as they should have. Bill Gates
There doesn't seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs. E. O. Wilson
African governments also need to provide a clear accounting for the impacts of their own budget outlays that support Green Revolution programs." Source: Internet