The Green Revolution is, essentially, the effort to increase agricultural yields throughout the world and, more specifically, less developed countries. The Green Revolution began in 1945 when Norman Borlaug, a microbiologist and geneticist, with the help of CIMMYT, successfully bred a high yield variety (HYV) of wheat (Haberman, pars. 3-4). Although very controversial, the Green Revolution transformed farming through improvements such as high yield varieties (HYV's) of crops, genetically modified (GMO's) crops, and more resourceful methods …
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