Assertion: Green Revolution programmes were introduced only in areas that had assured irrigation.
Reason: Sufficient water was necessary for the new seeds and methods of cultivation.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

The Green Revolution was a government programme of agricultural modernisation. It was largely funded by international agencies that was based on providing high-yielding variety(HYV) or hybrid seeds along with pesticides, fertilisers, and other inputs, to farmers. Green Revolution programmes were introduced only in areas that had assured irrigation, because sufficient water was necessary for the new seeds and methods of cultivation. It was also targeted mainly at the wheat and rice-growing areas.