The GREEN REVOLUTION also called third
agricultural Revolution That is a set of research technology transfer
initiatives occurred between 1950s to 1960s ,that increased agricultural
throughout the world, beginning mainly from late 1960s ,that
the initiatives resulted in the adoption
of new technologies such as high yielding varieties (HYVs) of cereals ,mainly dwarf wheat
and rice. It was associated with chemical
fertilizers, agrochemicals ,and controlled water supply (usually
involving irrigation ) and new
methods of cultivation ,
including mechanization .These all were seen as “package of practices ” to supersede ‘ traditional’
technology and to
be adopted as a whole .
Two foundation , The Ford Foundation and Rockefeller were highly
involved in its initial development
of Mexico. One of the main leader was Norman Borlaug , the
“Father of the Green Revolution” , who received the Nobel Peace Prize in
1970 . He is also credited with saving over a billion people from starvation . The key approach was
the development of high-yielding varieties of cereals grains , expansion of
irrigation infrastructure , modernization of management techniques ,
distribution of hybridized seeds
,synthetic fertilizers , and pesticides to farmers .
“Green Revolution” term was first described by William S. Gaud, the
administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) , in
a speech on 8 March 1968. He noted the
spread of the technologies as: " These and other development in the fields of Agriculture contains the makings of new revolution. it is not the violent Red revolution like that of soviets, nor is it a White Revolution like that of Shah of Iran.I call it Green Revolution."
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