Question

Explain Green Revolution.

Answer 1

$\bullet$ Green revolution was introduced in the year $1967$. The Indian council of Agricultural Reserach(ICAR) introduced this new strategy through land reforms, promoting the use of High Yielding Variety(HYV) seeds and improved irrigation facilities, to increase the agricultural production.
High Yielding Variety seeds programme:
$\bullet$ The green revolution largely means increasing production of food grains by using High Yielding Variety seeds especially of wheat and rice.
$\bullet$ The use of High Yielding Variety seeds requires regular supply of water, fertilizers, pesticides and financial resources.
$\bullet$ As a result of green revolution large number of States benefited by producing more crops. This enabled India to achieve self-sufficiency in food grain production.
$\bullet$ The credit of introducing the High yielding variety seeds goes to Indian council of Agriculture Research and many agricultural universities in India particularly Ludhiana, Pantnagar(UP) and Coimbatore.