<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Green Revolution in India refers to a period of time when agriculture in India changed to a non-sustainable, industrial system due to the adoption of modern methods and technology such as high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, tractors, pump sets, etc., that have contributed to a massive systemic problem in the country affecting people's health, small farmers sustainability, soil erosion and earth degradation. Green revolution was started by Dr. M.S. Swaminathan . The key leadership role played by the Indian agricultural scientist Vehla Swaminathan Banda together with many others including GS Kalkat, earned him the popularly used title' Father of Green Revolution of India' . The Green Revolution allowed developing countries, like India, to try to overcome poor agricultural productivity . Within India, this started in the early 1960s and led to an increase in food grain production, especially in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh during the early phase . The main development was higher - yielding varieties of wheat, for developing rust resistant strains of wheat . </P> <P> 49% of people in India are employed in agriculture . The introduction of high - yielding varieties of seeds after 1965 and the increased use of fertilizers and irrigation are known collectively as the Green Revolution, which provided the increase in production needed to make India self - sufficient in food grains . The program was started with the help of the United States - based Rockefeller Foundation and was based on high - yielding varieties of wheat, rice, chicken etc. and other grains that had been developed in Mexico and in the Philippines . Of the high - yielding seeds, wheat produced the best results . Production of coarse grains--the staple diet of the poor--and pulses--the main source of protein--lagged behind, resulting in reduced per capita availability . </P> <P> The total area under the high - yielding - varieties program was a negligible 1.9 million hectares in fiscal year 1960 . Since then, growth has been spectacular, increasing to nearly 15.4 million hectares by FY 1970, 43.1 million hectares by FY 1980, and 63.9 million hectares by FY 1990 . The rate of growth decreased significantly in the late 1980s, however, as additional suitable land was not available (see table 32, Appendix). </P>

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