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Green Revolution may not have been that revolutionary: Data [1]

Two Bad Years Impacted Overall Growth

The Green Revolution is said to have revolutionized agriculture in India. However, government data shows more or less the same rate of growth of yields for various crops from 1951 to about 1990, suggesting that the ‘revolution’ might not have been as momentous as it is believed to be.

Publication Date: 
27/09/2013
Rema Nagarajan [2]
Times Of India (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
India [4], Green Revolution [5], Wheat [6], Planning Commission [7], Cotton [8], Bt Cotton [9], Agriculture [10]

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