Two blades of grass: the impact of the green revolution
We estimate the impact of the Green Revolution in the developing world by exploiting exogenous heterogeneity in the timing and extent of the benefits derived from high-yielding crop varieties (HYVs). We find that HYVs increased yields by 44% between 1965 and 2010, with further gains coming through r...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2021
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