What is Green Revolution?
The '''Green Revolution''' was a spread of [[food security]] technology by [[Norman Borlaug]], who earned the [[List of Nobel Peace Prize winners|Nobel Peace Prize]] in [[1970]]. He is said to have saved over a billion people from [[Starvation|starving to death]], from the [[1930s]] to the [[1960s]].<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=frNfVx-KZOcC&pg=PA1|title = The Asian Green Revolution|last = Hazell|first = Peter B.R.|date = 2009-01-01|publisher = Intl Food Policy Res Inst|language = en}}</ref> It was done by the creation of different types of cereal grains which grew more food than average. Also, there was more use of modern systems for [[Irrigation|watering crops]]. Food management was made more modern. The spread of hybridized seeds, man-made [[Fertilizer|fertilizers]], and [[Pesticide|pesticides]] to [[Farmer|farmers]] all helped. == Background == In the 20th century, big spending in modern and scientific research for [[agriculture]] led to the growth of more food in industrial countries. The Rockefeller Foundation and Ford Foundation helped to change these scientific technologies to fit the conditions in [[Developing country|developing countries]]. The first research was on [[rice]] and [[wheat]], two of the most important food crops for developing countries. [[Irrigation]] and the growth of better plant types, in addition to more use of [[fertilizer]]s and [[pesticide]]s, led to more food growth in [[Asia]] and [[Latin America]], starting in the late [[1960s]]. The term “Green Revolution” was used to mean the large growth in [[Farming|agriculture]] that happened at this time.<ref>[http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/ib/ib11.pdf Green Revolution: Curse or Blessing?]</ref> The curse part of this reference can now be seen, as population has grown so that problems remain, but with an increased population. == References == <references/> {{Agriculture footer}} [[Category:Environment]] [[Category:Agriculture]]