ap human geography - green revolution & gmos

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• 0:00

  Introduction to Green Revolution

• 0:30

  First Agricultural Revolution Review

• 1:02

  Second Agricultural Revolution

• 1:32

  Demographic Changes from Ag Revolution

• 2:03

  Population Growth in 1900s

• 3:03

  World Population Doubling Time

• 4:09

  Malthus and Population Concerns

• 5:12

  Population Growth and Food Production

• 6:15

  Birth and Death Rates Explained

• 7:16

  Global Demographic Transition

• 8:19

  Paul Ehrlich's Population Bomb

• 9:22

  Ehrlich's Predictions for India

• 10:24

  Nature of Agricultural Revolutions

• 10:55

  Norman Borlaug's Work

• 12:00

  Improving Wheat Yields in Mexico

• 13:03

  Crossbreeding Wheat Varieties

• 14:07

  Impact on Global Agriculture

• 15:09

  Borlaug's Nobel Prize

• 16:13

  Success in Mexico and India

• 17:17

  Infrastructure for Green Revolution

• 18:22

  British Legacy in India

• 19:55

  Conditions for Revolutions

• 21:27

  Why Green Revolution Failed Africa

• 22:29

  Africa's Infrastructure Challenges

• 24:02

  Fossil Fuels and Hybrid Crops

• 24:34

  Desertification in Africa

• 26:07

  Biotechnology in Agriculture

• 27:08

  Miracle Rice Development

• 28:11

  Selective Breeding History

• 30:16

  Introduction to GMOs

• 31:51

  GMO Debate Overview

• 33:24

  Reasons for GM Crops

• 34:56

  Golden Rice Nutrition

• 36:30

  GMO Health Concerns

• 38:04

  Pros and Cons of GMOs

• 39:38

  GMOs in Developing Countries

• 41:40

  Ethanol and GM Corn

• 43:15

  GM Crops in the US

• 44:50

  Problems with GM Crops

• 46:22

  Dependency on GM Companies

• 48:26

  Europe vs US on GMOs

• 49:30

  Implications of GM Crops

• 50:32

  GMO Debate Resources

• 52:06

  Green Revolution Summary