GREEN REVOLUTION

An increase in food production, especially in underdeveloped and developing nations, through the introduction of high-yield crop varieties and application of modern agricultural techniques. The introduction ofhigh-yielding varieties of seeds and the increased use of chemical fertilizers andirrigation are known collectively as theGreen Revolution, which provided the increase in production needed to makeIndia self-sufficient in food grains, thus improving agriculture in India.[1] High-yielding wheat was first introduced to India in 1968 by American agronomist Norman Borlaug. Borlaug has been hailed as the Father of the Green Revolution but M.S. Swaminathan is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India". The methods adopted included the use of high yielding varieties (HYV) of seeds along with the use of modern farming methods.