The seed agriculture and domestication of plants diffused from Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile River valleys to other parts of the world.

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Increased productivity of existing cropland rather than expansion of cultivated area has been the key to agricultural production over the past few decades.

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For the Industrial Revolution to take root, this agricultural revolution had to take place— one that would move agriculture beyond subsistence to generate the kinds of surpluses needed to feed thousands of people working in factories instead of in agricultural fields.

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The introduction of new higher-yield seeds and the expanded use of fertilizers.

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Increased the need for tractors, irrigation pumps, and other machinery to make the most effective use of the new miracle seeds.

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It was composed of a series of innovations, improvements, and techniques, in this case initially in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, and other neighboring countries. 

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Allowed farmers to double crop and increased use of fertilizer and pastiches in developing countries in Asia and the Americas.

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Innovations in machinery the late 1800s and early 1900s. Cyrus McCormick perfected a design for a mechanical reaper. The seed drill enabled farmers to avoid wasting seeds and to plant in rows, making it simpler to distinguish weeds from crops.

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A complex of seed and management innovations adapted to the needs of intensive agriculture and designed to bring larger harvest from a given area of farmland.

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Improvements in cultivating plants and domesticating animals evolved over thousands of years.

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