Green Revolution Essay Examples

1940s - 1960s

Norman Ernest Borlaug ("the father of the Green Revolution"), M.S. Swaminathan

The term Green Revolution refers to the renovation of agricultural practices beginning in Mexico in the 1940s. Because of its success in producing more agricultural products there, Green Revolution technologies spread worldwide in the 1950s and 1960s, significantly increasing the number of calories produced per acre of agriculture.

The key elements of the revolution include: 1) use of the latest technological and capital inputs, 2) adoption of modern scientific methods of farming, 3) use of high yielding varieties of seeds, 4) proper use of chemical fertilizers, 5) consolidation of land holdings, 6) use of various mechanical machineries.