Agriculture, Botany & Everyday Tech
Green Revolution in India
1960sM. S. Swaminathan with Norman BorlaugHigh-yield wheat and rice programmesPan-Indian / unspecified
1960
High-yield varieties, irrigation and fertilisers turned India from food-aid dependence to self-sufficiency.
- Dated
- 1960–1969
- As scholars put it
- 1960s
- Originator
- M. S. Swaminathan with Norman Borlaug
- Source text
- High-yield wheat and rice programmes
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Agriculture, Botany & Everyday Tech
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Borlaug's Mexican wheat work.
Fair to say
Brought soil, water and inequality problems, especially in Punjab.
Path to modern innovation
Averted famine for hundreds of millions.
Builds on
2,600 BCETransmission
Adapted to Indian conditions.
References
- 1Swaminathan papers
Further reading
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