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Topic: British Agricultural Revolution

British Agricultural Revolution

Years: 1701 - 1899

The British Agricultural Revllution describes a period of development in Britain between the 18th century and the end of the 19th century, which sees a massive increase in agricultural productivity and net output.

This in turn supports unprecedented population growth, freeing up a significant percentage of the workforce, and thereby helps drive the Industrial Revolution.

How this comes about is not entirely clear.

In recent decades, enclosure, mechanization, four-field crop rotation, and selective breeding have been highlighted as primary causes, with credit given to relatively few individuals.

“History is a vast early warning system.”

― Norman Cousins, Saturday Review, April 15, 1978