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Green Revolution in India

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The Green Revolution in India 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 varieties of crops, and fertilisers. Mainly led by agricultural scientist M. S. Swaminathan in India, this period was part of the larger Green Revolution endeavour initiated by Norman Borlaug, which leveraged agricultural research and technology to increase agricultural productivity in the developing world. Varieties or strains of crops can be selected by breeding for various useful characteristics such as disease resistance, response to fertilisers, product quality and high yields.

Green Revolution in India - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Modernization of agriculture in India This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:   "Green Revolution in India"  –  news   · newspapers   · books   · scholar   · JSTOR ( December 2014 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) The state of Punjab led India's Green Revolution and earned the distinction of being th

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