Second phase of Green Revolution is termed from:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → mid 1970s to mid 1980s
The second phase of the green revolution ran from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. In this phase, the technology of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds spread to more states and benefited more kinds of crops.
The first phase, from the mid-1960s up to the mid-1970s, was limited to the better-off states and mainly to wheat-growing regions.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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NCERT (2026-27): “2.3 Agriculture …The farmers who could benefit from HYV seeds required reliable irrigation facilities as well as the financial resources to purchase fertiliser and pesticide. As a result, in the first phase of the green revolution (approximately mid 1960s upto mid 1970s), the use of HYV seeds was restricted to the more affluent states such as Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Further, the use of HYV seeds primarily benefited the wheat-growing regions only. In the second phase of the green revolution (mid-1970s to mid-1980s), the HYV technology spread to a larger number of states and benefited more variety of crops.…” |