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c. 1966 CE · economy policy

Green Revolution Accelerates

From the mid-1960s, high-yielding wheat varieties, irrigation, fertiliser, credit and procurement policies sharply increased production in parts of India. Agricultural scientist M. S. Swaminathan, Agriculture Minister C. Subramaniam and plant breeder Norman Borlaug were among the central figures in this transformation.

Green wheat fields in Punjab
Modern agricultural context used to represent the wheat-producing regions transformed by Green Revolution technologies; not a 1960s photograph. · Credit: Jagseer S Sidhu · License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources and further reading

  1. ICAR — Green Revolution in India

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