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The state of Punjab led India's Green Revolution and earned the distinction of being the "breadbasket of India." [1] [2]The Green Revolution was a period that began in the 1960s during which agriculture in India was converted into a modern industrial system by the adoption of technology, such as the use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, mechanized farm tools, irrigation facilities ...
The many 'production revolutions' initiated from 1960s onwards included Green Revolution in India, Yellow Revolution (oilseed: 1986–1990), Operation Flood (dairy: 1970–1996), and Blue Revolution (fishing: 1973–2002) etc. [70] Following the economic reforms of 1991, significant growth was registered in the agricultural sector, which was by ...
The Green Revolution has been a team effort and much of the credit for its spectacular development must go to the Indian officials, organizations, scientists, and farmers. However, to you, Dr. Swaminathan, a great deal of the credit must go for first recognizing the potential value of the Mexican dwarfs.
The world population has grown by about five billion [88] since the beginning of the Green Revolution. India saw annual wheat production rise from 10 million tons in the 1960s to 73 million in 2006. [89] The average person in the developing world consumes roughly 25% more calories per day now than before the Green Revolution. [81]
1989–91 was a period of economic instability in India and hence no Five-Year Plan was implemented. Between 1990 and 1992, there were only Annual Plans. In 1991, India faced a crisis in foreign exchange (forex) reserves, left with reserves of only about US$ 1 billion. Thus, under pressure, the country took the risk of reforming the socialist ...
So far, the university has released 211 varieties, many of which played important role in Green Revolution. [10] The work of the university in introducing soybean as a crop in India is well known. [37] [38] As Uttarakhand has been declared an 'Organic state', the present thrust of research is on Organic farming and Biological pest control.
1989, The Violence of the Green Revolution: Ecological degradation and political conflict in Punjab, Natraj Publishers, New Delhi, ISBN 0-86232-964-7 hb, ISBN 0-86232-965-5 pb; 1991, Ecology and the Politics of Survival: Conflicts Over Natural Resources in India, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California, ISBN 0-8039-9672-1
Mohinder Singh Randhawa or M. S. Randhawa (2 February 1909 – 3 March 1986) was an Indian historian, civil servant, botanist, and author. He played major roles in the establishment of agricultural research in India, the Green Revolution in India, resettling Punjabis uprooted by the partition of India as the Director-General of Rehabilitation, establishing the city of Chandigarh, and ...