The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center is a non-profit research-for-development organization that develops improved varieties of wheat and maize with the aim of contributing to food secu
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The Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution, was a period during which technology transfer initiatives resulted in a significant increase in crop yields. These changes in agriculture in
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…recipient Norman Borlaug, has faced criticism. Borlaug's obituarist, Christopher Reed argued in an interview with The Guardian from 2014 that although his Green Revolution and high-yielding agricultural techniques averted poverty in the short term, in the long time they might have added to it. Critics of CIMMYT argue that…
Norman Borlaug is called the "Father of the Green Revolution" for his work developing high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties that significantly increased global food production and helped avert widespread famine.
Increased use of irrigation played a major role in the green revolution.
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