Green Revolution

The Green Revolution refers to a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s, that increased agriculture production worldwide, particularly in the developing world. Norman Borlaug started the Green Revolution and is credited with saving over a billion people from starvation, is involved in the development of high-yielding varieties of cereal grains, expansion of irrigation infrastructure, modernization of management techniques, distribution of hybridized seeds, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides to farmers.
The Green Revolution helped farmers to be capable of growing crops on a massive scale, and make plants which are resistant to pests and herbicides It also helped farming can become a process of automation.

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