{"id":1931,"date":"2016-01-07T21:53:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T21:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2016-01-07T21:53:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T21:53:30","slug":"do-we-need-a-new-green-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/2016\/01\/07\/do-we-need-a-new-green-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Do We Need a New Green Revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UC Davis\u2019 Pamela Ronald, CU Boulder\u2019s Roger Pielke, Jr., and Arizona State\u2019s Daniel Sarewitz \u2014 weigh in below.<\/p>\n

The Breakthrough Institute<\/em><\/a><\/strong>
\nJanuary 7, 2016<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Phillip A. Sharp and Alan Leshner argued<\/a> in the New York Times<\/em> that we need a new \u2018Green Revolution,\u2019 a step-change in agricultural productivity. The United States achieved tremendous productivity gains over the 20th century, the two science advocates argue, but…<\/p>\n

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Maintaining this level of productivity has been quite a challenge in recent years and is likely to become more difficult over the next few decades as weather patterns, available water and growing seasons shift further and threats of invasive weeds, pests and pathogens rise.<\/p>\n

If agriculture is to have any chance of answering these challenges, we must have new and improved techniques and technologies. The problem is that agricultural innovation has not kept pace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

They go on to point to a crisis in productivity improvements and funding for agricultural innovation. Are they right? Three Breakthrough Senior Fellows \u2014 UC Davis\u2019 Pamela Ronald<\/a>, CU Boulder\u2019s Roger Pielke, Jr<\/a>., and Arizona State\u2019s\u00a0Daniel Sarewitz<\/a> \u2014 weigh in. Read more …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UC Davis\u2019 Pamela Ronald, CU Boulder\u2019s Roger Pielke, Jr., and Arizona State\u2019s Daniel Sarewitz \u2014 weigh in below. The Breakthrough Institute January 7, 2016 Earlier this week, Phillip A. Sharp and Alan Leshner argued in the New York Times that … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-09 02:37:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1933,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}