By the early part of 1960, the success of the green revolution in increasing production of rice, corn and wheat had brought an end to the severe famines of South Asia. The next problem to be addressed was the widespread malnutrition among the populations of developing nations.
一九六○年初期，由於以增產稻米、玉米和小麥為主的綠色革命成功地解決了嚴重的南亞饑荒，接下來就是開發中國家普遍存在的人民營養不良的問題。