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Rockefeller Foundation established in mexico
1943: The Rockefeller Foundation begins its Mexican Agricultural Program (MAP), marking the start of what will later be called the Green Revolution. -
Rural famine
India falls into a rural famine because the disease of plants spreads, causing the plants to fail in seed production. -
Semi-dwarf wheat seeds
Norman Borlaug receives semi-dwarf wheat seeds that were the key to his breakthrough in breeding high-yielding wheat. He begins using these seeds the year after. -
Ford Foundation begins funding the Green Revolution
Ford Foundation begins funding the Green Revolution. -
Borlaug Mission to India
Borlaug accepts a peace mission to India, as India encounters its first "Age of Triage" which was a massive famine. Norman Borlaug was sent in order to solve problems with food there. -
Establishment of CIMMYT
Rockefeller Foundation formally establishes the CIMMYT. (Center for International maize and yeast treatment). -
Dwarf Wheat Acception
India accepts the dwarf wheats, and governments fund farmers to try this new variety of crops. -
Indi-Pakistan War
The negative effects that this war placed upon agriculture was devastating. Millions of farms were destroyed, and by having this war, it delayed the agricultural revolution that Borlaug was about to start in India. -
Nobel Peace Prize
Norman Borlaug accepts the Nobel Peace Prize for agricultural success in India. -
India making progress
India was self-sufficient in wheat production -
Everyone Benefits
All countries are benefited. Grain output had increased from 50 million to 131 million tons. -
Green Revolution Recap
Today it is said we need another green revolution due to climate change and other factors, yet overpopulation is also on the rise. Overall, the green revolution was a good thing for our world and benefited greatly from this movement.
