Agricultural Revolution in India
Revolution means a complete change in methods, opinions, etc., often as a result of progress. Agriculture, being the primary keystone of human existence, has played an important role in global economic development.
The agricultural revolution is the name given to a number of cultural transformations that initially allowed humans to change from a hunting and gathering subsistence to one of agriculture and animal domestications.
Advances in biosciences took a great part in revolutionary changes. There are several agricultural revolutions took place in India as a result of discoveries, inventions, or the implementation of new technologies and changed the production scenario as well.
List of Agricultural Revolution
Revolution | Product & Objective | Year | Father of Revolution |
Evergreen Revolution | Overall development of Agriculture | 2017-2022 | M.S. Swaminathan |
Green Revolution | Food Grains (Rice & Wheat) | 1966-67 | M.S. Swaminathan |
Round Revolution | Potato | 1965-2005 | - |
Grey Revolution | Fertilisers | 1960-1970 | M.S. Swaminathan |
Pink Revolution | Onion Production/Prawn production/Pharmaceuticals | 1970 | Durgesh Patel |
White Revolution (or Operation Flood) | Milk Production | 1970-1996 | Verghese Kurien |
Blue Revolution | Fish Production | 1973-2022 | Dr. Arun Krishnan |
Red Revolution | Meat/Tomato Production | 1980s | Vishal Tiwari |
Yellow Revolution | Oilseed Production (Mustard & Sunflower mainly) | 1986-1990 | Sam Pitroda |
Brown Revolution | Leather/ Cocoa Production | - | Hiralal Chaudhari |
Golden Fibre Revolution | Jute Production | 1990s | - |
Golden Revolution | Fruits/Honey/Horticulture Production | 1991-2003 | Nirpakh Tutaj |
Silver Revolution | Egg/ Poultry Production | 2000s | Indira Gandhi |
Silver Fibre Revolution | Cotton | 2000s | - |
Protein Revolution | Agriculture, Higher Production through Technology. | 2014-2020 | Narendra Modi |
Black Revolution | Petroleum Production. Managing environmental impacts. | - | - |
See also…
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