What Was theGreen Revolution?

What Was theGreen Revolution?

• Term coined by U.S. Agency for International Development director William Gaud (March 1968)
• Movement to increase yields by using:
  • . New crop cultivars
  • . Irrigation
  • . Fertilizers
  • . Pesticides
  • . Mechanization

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