What do we mean by the Green Revolution? How did it help to increase food grain production?

Green Revolution is a modern method of farming, which was born out of the need to solve the problem of poverty and hunger in the developing countries in the 1960s. An American scientist, Norman Ernest Borlaug, introduced this method of farming. It was first tried on wheat and later on rice.

The 'Green Revolution', which means largescale production of crops, was initially a successful way to increase food production to counter food shortages. It was, however, later found to have a few shortcomings in the form of contributing to ecological imbalance.

The bumper production of crop was possible because of the extensive use of the following:

1. High Yield Variety (HYV) seeds
2. Chemical fertilisers
3. Pesticides
4. Irrigation
5. Modern machinery