50 Years of Green Revolution: An Anthology of Research Papers

by M.S. Swaminathan

The green revolution in India about 50 years ago transformed India's image then as begging bowl to bread basket. This transformation during the 1960s took just about 4 years. The yield increases achieved in wheat and then in rice which occurred in just about half decade is far in excess of the yield increases during the preceding 4000 years. This remarkable feat was achieved with the leadership of the author using the dwarf wheat types which had been...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9813200065
• ISBN13: 9789813200067
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"