In 1964, at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos, the Philippines, a new variety of rice was bred which, with the addition of sufficient water, fertilizer, and pesticides, among other things, would double rice production in much of Asia. This new seed, in conjunction with high-yield variety wheats already developed, led to vast social and ecological changes as small, diverse agricultural plots farmed with traditional methods were converted to larger, single-crop fields... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023. 3p.