Question
Write short note: Green revolution.
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Answer
- In agriculture, different methods used to harvest maximum yield from minimum land, these methods are collectively called green revolution.
- Dr. M.S. Swaminathan is called father of Green Revolution in India while Dr. Norman Borlaug has done the similar efforts in the U.S.
- Before the Green Revolution in India, there was always the dearth of the food grains. The overflowing Indian population was badly affected due to poor quality and quantity of food.
- But due to the Green Revolution in India, attention was focussed on the agricultural research.
- Improvised dwarf varieties of wheat and rice, proper use of fertilizers and pesticides and water management were the proper methods that increased production of food grains.
- This created abundance of the grains for Indian population.
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