“UN Food and Agriculture Organization,”,”one-fifth of humanity subsists on a diettoo low in total calories and vital nutrients to sustain adequate health and normal physical andmental development (see Figure 1.14). As we will see in later chapters, this massive hungerproblem is partly due to political instability, corruption

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The Green Revolution,”Modernization of agriculture in the 1970s relied on machines, chemical fertilizers, andpesticides. This led to soaring levels of production and high profits for farmers.The green revolution refers to these increases in food production brought about throughthe use of new seeds, fertilizers, mechanized equipment, irrigation, pesticides, andherbicides.In the short term, the green revolution increased the number of people that could besupported by a given amount of land. However

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