Green Revolution in India

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf agricultural movement
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:effect environmental concerns
soil degradation
increased farmer incomes
increased food grain production
increased mechanization
increased use of fertilizers
reduced food shortages
regional disparities
rise in rural employment
water table depletion
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Rockefeller_Foundation
gptkb:World_Bank
gptkb:Ford_Foundation
gptkbp:goal increase agricultural production
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Green Revolution in India
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:M._S._Swaminathan
gptkbp:legacy social inequality
environmental challenges
agricultural modernization
expansion of irrigation infrastructure
food self-sufficiency
increased rural-urban migration
rise in input costs
shift in cropping patterns
technological adoption
gptkbp:mainCrops gptkb:rice
gptkb:wheat
maize
gptkbp:period 1960s-1980s
gptkbp:policy gptkb:Minimum_Support_Price
agricultural credit
irrigation projects
subsidies for fertilizers
gptkbp:region gptkb:Western_Uttar_Pradesh
gptkb:Haryana
gptkb:Punjab
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Green_Revolution
gptkb:Norman_Borlaug
gptkbp:startDate 1960s
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
International organizations
gptkbp:technology irrigation
pesticides
chemical fertilizers
high-yielding variety seeds
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indira_Gandhi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4