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 The Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution, is a set of

research technology transfer initiatives occurring between 1950 and the

late 1960s, that increased agricultural production worldwide.

 The initiatives resulted in the adoption of new technologies,

including high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of cereals. It was associated

with chemical fertilizers, agrochemicals, irrigation and newer methods of

cultivation, including mechanization.