What is the Green Revolution, and how did it affect the developing world?

a large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.

great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding varieties, beginning in the mid-20th century. Its early dramatic successes were in Mexico and the Indian subcontinent.

Green revolution, great increase in production of food grains, that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding varieties.