Top 10 Developments in World Agriculture Since 1961
In the past six decades, developments such as the Green Revolution of the 1960s, the Aquaculture Revolution of the 1990s, and the Biofuel Revolution of the 2010s have helped production, resource use, and productivity rise to the challenge of meeting the world’s demand for food and fiber.
World Agricultural Production, Resource Use, and Productivity, 1961–2020, by Keith Fuglie, Stephen Morgan, and Jeremy Jelliffe, ERS, February 2024