Positive impacts   of green revolution on food grain production and food security

• The beginning of the Green Revolution, the world population has grown by about four billion and many people believe that, without the revolution, there would have been greater famine and malnutrition.
• The developing countries started to adopt newly developed technologies. By 1970, about 20% of the wheat area and 30% of the rice area were planted to HYVs, and by 1990, the share had increased to about 70% for both crops.
• Between 1950 and 1984, as the Green Revolution transformed agriculture around the globe, world grain production increased by over 250%.
• In India, the annual wheat production rise from 10 million tons in the 1960s to 73 million tons in 2006.
• Higher yields and profitability also led farmers to increase the area of rice and wheat they grew at the expense of other crops.
• These changes more than doubled cereal production in Asia between 1970 and 1995, while population increased by 60%.
• Instead of widespread famine, cereal and calorie availability per person increased by nearly 30%, and wheat and rice became cheaper.
• The average person in the developing world consumes roughly 25% more calories per day now than before the Green Revolution.
• From this revolutionary work, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug received Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2007. He was honored for his work in the ‘Green Revolution,’ saving millions of lives from famine in India, Mexico, and the Middle East.