● During the period `color{Violet}"1960 to 2000"`, `color{Brown}"wheat"` production increased from `color{Violet}"11 million tones"` to `color{Violet}"75 million tonnes"` while `color{Brown}"rice production"` went up from `color{Violet}"35 million tonnes"` to `color{Violet}"89.5 million tonnes"`.
● This was due to the development of `color{Violet}"semi-dwarf varieties"` of `color{Violet}"wheat and rice"`.
● Nobel laureate `color{Brown}"Norman E. Borlaug"`, at International Centre for Wheat and Maize Improvement in Mexico, developed `color{Brown}"semi-dwarf wheat"`.
● In 1963, several varieties such as `color{Brown}"Sonalika"` and `color{Brown}"Kalyan Sona"`, which were `color{Violet}"high yielding"` and `color{Violet}"disease resistant"`, were introduced all over the wheat-growing belt of India.
● `color{Violet}"Semi-dwarf rice"` varieties were derived from `color{Brown}"IR-8"`, (developed at `color{Violet}"International Rice"` `color{Violet}"Research Institute"` (IRRI), Philippines) and `color{Brown}"Taichung Native-1"` (from `color{Violet}"Taiwan"`).
● The derivatives were introduced in 1966.
● Later `color{Violet}"better-yielding"` semi dwarf varieties `color{Brown}"Jaya"` and `color{Brown}"Ratna"` were developed in India.
● During the period `color{Violet}"1960 to 2000"`, `color{Brown}"wheat"` production increased from `color{Violet}"11 million tones"` to `color{Violet}"75 million tonnes"` while `color{Brown}"rice production"` went up from `color{Violet}"35 million tonnes"` to `color{Violet}"89.5 million tonnes"`.
● This was due to the development of `color{Violet}"semi-dwarf varieties"` of `color{Violet}"wheat and rice"`.
● Nobel laureate `color{Brown}"Norman E. Borlaug"`, at International Centre for Wheat and Maize Improvement in Mexico, developed `color{Brown}"semi-dwarf wheat"`.
● In 1963, several varieties such as `color{Brown}"Sonalika"` and `color{Brown}"Kalyan Sona"`, which were `color{Violet}"high yielding"` and `color{Violet}"disease resistant"`, were introduced all over the wheat-growing belt of India.
● `color{Violet}"Semi-dwarf rice"` varieties were derived from `color{Brown}"IR-8"`, (developed at `color{Violet}"International Rice"` `color{Violet}"Research Institute"` (IRRI), Philippines) and `color{Brown}"Taichung Native-1"` (from `color{Violet}"Taiwan"`).
● The derivatives were introduced in 1966.
● Later `color{Violet}"better-yielding"` semi dwarf varieties `color{Brown}"Jaya"` and `color{Brown}"Ratna"` were developed in India.