INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Green Revolution started in the year 1965. It was the first time when High Yield Variety seeds were introduced in Indian Agriculture. The main aim of Green Revolution was to make India self-sufficient when it came to food grains.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Green Revolution was a period that began in the 1960s during which agriculture in India was converted into a modern industrial system by the adoption of technology, such as the use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, mechanised farm tools, irrigation facilities, pesticides and fertilizers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Green Revolution in India was initiated in the 1960s by introducing high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat to increase food production in order to alleviate hunger and poverty.

Detailed explanation-4: -In India, the Green Revolution was mainly led by M.S. Swaminathan. The Green Revolution resulted in a great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) due to the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding variety seeds, beginning in the mid-20th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -Early humans harnessed a gene that boosted rice yields. The 1960s marked a turning point for agriculture in Asia: that’s when plant breeders launched a “green revolution” in rice production, selecting variants of a single gene that boosted yields across the continent.