What is the Green Revolution, and how did it affect the developing world?

a large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.

great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding varieties, beginning in the mid-20th century. Its early dramatic successes were in Mexico and the Indian subcontinent.