Agricultural revolution
noun
a significant change in agriculture that occurs when there are discoveries, inventions, or new technologies that change production
examples
there have been three types of agricultural revolution: mechanical, chemical, and biological.
historical examples
this agricultural revolution was largely a result of the industrial revolution that then took place in england.
a short history of english agriculture w. h. r. curtler
go back to england and you find it forecasting an agricultural revolution that may be one of the after-war miracles.
the war after the war isaac frederick marcosson
but, during the seventeenth century, an agricultural revolution was taking place.
the enclosures in england harriett bradley
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