<P>... new, high - yielding varieties (HYVs) of cereals, especially dwarf wheats and rices, in association with chemical fertilizers and agro-chemicals, and with controlled water - supply (usually involving irrigation) and new methods of cultivation, including mechanization . All of these together were seen as a' package of practices' to supersede' traditional' technology and to be adopted as a whole . </P> <P> Both the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation were heavily involved . One key leader was Norman Borlaug, the "Father of the Green Revolution", who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 . He is credited with saving over a billion people from starvation . The basic approach was the development of high - yielding varieties of cereal grains, expansion of irrigation infrastructure, modernization of management techniques, distribution of hybridized seeds, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides to farmers . </P> <P> The term "Green Revolution" was first used in a March 8, 1968 speech by the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), William S. Gaud, who noted the spread of the new technologies: "These and other developments in the field of agriculture contain the makings of a new revolution . It is not a violent Red Revolution like that of the Soviets, nor is it a White Revolution like that of the Shah of Iran . I call it the Green Revolution ." </P> <P> It has been argued that "during the twentieth century two' revolutions' transformed rural Mexico: the Mexican Revolution (1910--1920) and the Green Revolution (1950--1970)". With the support of the Mexican government, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Rockefeller Foundation, Mexico made a concerted effort to transform agricultural productivity, particularly with irrigated rather than dry - land cultivation in its northwest, to solve its problem of lack of food self - sufficiency . In the center and south of Mexico, where large - scale production faced challenges, agricultural production languished . Increased production meant food self - sufficiency in Mexico to feed its growing and urbanizing population, with the number of calories consumed per Mexican increasing . Technology was seen as a valuable way to feed the poor, and would relieve some pressure of the land redistribution process . </P>

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