Green Revolution: Cereal Intensification in South Asia (1945-1975)

1. Mexican wheat program becomes a Green Revolution model

   Jan 1, 1943Labels: Mexican wheat, Rockefeller Foundation, Office of

   • CIMMYT History
   • CIMMYT Wiki

2. IRRI is established to modernize rice breeding

   Jan 1, 1960Labels: IRRI, Los Ba, Ford Foundation

   • IRRI About
   • IRRI Factcheck
   • IRRI Wiki

3. Global anti-hunger campaign raises political urgency

   Jul 1, 1960Labels: FAO, Freedom from, United Nations

   • FAO Origins
   • UNESCO Courier

4. India pilots “package” intensification via IADP

   Jan 1, 1961Labels: IADP, India, Ford Foundation

   • GKToday IADP
   • Britannica India

5. Borlaug’s semi-dwarf wheats begin India testing

   Mar 1, 1962Labels: Norman Borlaug, IARI, semi-dwarf wheat

   • Borlaug Wiki
   • CIMMYT History

6. India and Pakistan import Mexican semi-dwarf wheat seed

   Jan 1, 1965Labels: India, Pakistan, Mexican seed

   • Borlaug Wiki
   • CIMMYT History

7. India builds procurement and price supports for cereals

   Jan 14, 1965Labels: Food Corporation, CACP, India

   • FCI Wiki
   • CACP Wiki

8. India expands high-yield seed strategy via HYVP

   Jan 1, 1966Labels: HYVP, India, high-yielding varieties

   • Britannica HYV
   • India HYVP

9. CIMMYT is formally established to globalize wheat improvement

   Jan 1, 1966Labels: CIMMYT, wheat improvement, international center

   • CIMMYT History
   • CIMMYT Wiki

10. South Asia’s drought crisis underscores need for intensification

    Jan 1, 1966Labels: Bihar drought, eastern India, 1966 1967

    • Bihar Drought
    • FAO Origins

11. IRRI releases IR8, a high-yielding semi-dwarf rice

    Nov 28, 1966Labels: IR8, IRRI, semi-dwarf rice

    • Rice Today IR8
    • IRRI Photos

12. Wheat output surge signals a new food-security phase

    Jan 1, 1971Labels: India, wheat surge, early 1970s

    • CPS India
    • CIMMYT History

13. CGIAR is created to fund and coordinate global crop research

    May 19, 1971Labels: CGIAR, global research, 1971

    • World Bank CGIAR
    • CGIAR Wiki

14. Cereal intensification becomes embedded in South Asian policy

    Jan 1, 1975Labels: South Asian, Green Revolution, mid-1970s

    • India Today 1976
    • FCI Wiki