The high-yield seeds of the Green Revolution were not only developed but often marketed by state-financed agricultural institutions.

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The green revolution, which spread enabling technologies of high-yield agriculture across the planet, resulted in doubling of grain production.

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Conoco offers a solid 4.2 percent yield, and is the lone supermajor in the green year-to-date.

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The European Parliament is under pressure from green activists who want hard biomass targets, which measure the largest maximum sustainable yield (MSY) - or largest catch - by weight.

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First-class existing buildings are priced to yield only around 5% to an all-cash buyer, says research firm Green Street Advisors. (The return they talk about is rent minus the costs of operating and maintaining the building and leasing any empty space.) But a skillfully developed new property can bag an annual cash return of up to 10% of its construction costs.

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Check out the Market Blaster video above for a couple of stock ideas: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters for its hyper-growth that is suddenly on sale, and Altria, because the fat yield and the potency of nicotine addiction are good things for a portfolio regardless of the economic cycle.

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