where and why has the geeen revolution been started in india
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GREEN REVOLUTION IS NOT AN EXCEPTIONAL
It started before Independence
The world's worst recorded food disaster occurred in 1943 in British-ruled India. Known as the Bengal Famine, an estimated 4 million people died of hunger that year in eastern India.
Initially, this catastrophe was attributed to an acute shortfall in food production in the area.
After independence this scenario is going to be worst !
That was the period , INDIA evolved from the various problems
Yes , Agriculture was one of them
Evolution for this situation was GREEN REVOLUTION
The Green Revolution in India was a period when agriculture in India increased its yields due to improved agronomic technology.
It started in India in the early 1960s and led to an increase in food grain production, especially in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh during the early phase.
THIS INITIATIVE IS TAKEN BY
Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan
Father of Green Revolution in INDIA!!
From 1972 to 1979 he was director general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He was Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture from 1979 to 1980. He served as Director General of the International Rice Research Institute (1982–88) and became president of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 1988.
In 1999, Time magazine placed him in the 'Time 20' list of most influential Asian people of the 20th century.
RESULT IS VISIBLE
THE COUNTRY IN WHICH 4 MILLION PEOPLES DIED IN A YEAR DUE TO DEFICIENCY OF FOOD , IS NOW ONE OF EXPORTER OF IT!
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