NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE

IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD PRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Green Revolution refers to ____
A
Use of green manure
B
Grow more crops
C
High Yield Variety Programme
D
Green Vegetation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct option is D. High Yielding Variety Programme. The Green Revolution in India refers to a period of time when agriculture in India improved due to the adoption of modern methods and technology such as high yielding variety seeds (HYV seeds).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Green Revolution is the term given to the use of high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of wheat and rice particularly during the 1960s to increase food crop production, especially in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Green Revolution refers to the development of high-yielding plant varieties – especially of wheat and rice, that increased food supplies in the 1940s–60s and staved off widespread starvation in developing countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The High Yielding Variety Programme (HYVP) was launched in the Kharif of 1966-67 with an objective to attain self-sufficiency in food by 1970-71. The core philosophy of the programme was to increase the productivity of food grains by adopting latest varieties of inputs of crops.

Detailed explanation-5: -High yield variety seeds (HYV) were introduced in the course of Green revolution. Green revolution is a set of technological initiatives during the 1950s and the 1960s aimed at improving agricultural production. Norman Borlaug is known as the “Father of the Green revolution".

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