“But between the start of the Industrial Revolution and current times, four great forces began to transform our food system: (1) the Bosch-Haber process for the production of synthetic fertilizers; (2) high-yielding crop varieties pioneered by Norman Borlaug; (3) increased globalization and trade; and (4) mass agricultural industrialization and mechanization.”
9 astonishing ways that living standards have improved around the world
https://bigthink.com/the-present/9-ways-living-standards-improved-world/
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9 astonishing ways that living standards have improved around the world
https://bigthink.com/the-present/9-ways-living-standards-improved-world/
via Instapaper