The Green Revolution refers to a series of research, and development, and technology transfer
initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s, that
increased agricultural production worldwide, particularly in the
developing world, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s.[1] The initiatives, led by Norman Borlaug,
the "Father of the Green Revolution" credited with saving over a
billion people from starvation, involved the development of
high-yielding varieties of cereal grains, expansion of irrigation
infrastructure, modernization of management techniques, distribution of
hybridized seeds, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides to farmers. |