1944 – Green Revolution begins in Mexico1974 – China creates the first hybrid rice. See Yuan Longping.2000 – Genetically modified plants cultivated around the world.2005 – Lasers used to replace s ...
1700 – British Agricultural Revolution begins in the United Kingdom1809 – French confectioner Nicolas Appert invents canning1837 – John Deere invents steel plough1863 – International "Corn Show" i ...
644 – Muslim inventors develop a windmill, used to pump water for irrigation; this is a more advanced wind powered machine than that developed by the Babylonians8th century – Arab Agricultural Revol ...
2600 BC – Large scale commercial timbering of cedars in Phoenicia (Lebanon) for export to Egypt and Sumeria. Similar commercial timbering in South India.1700 BC – Wind powered machine developed by B ...
