4) GREEN REVOLUTION
A team of experts sponsored by the Ford Foundation
was invited by the Government of India in the latter half of
the Second Five Year Plan to suggest ways and means to
increase agricultural production and productivity. This
necessity arose out of the need to increase agricultural
production in the face of continuing stagnation of production
on the one hand, and rapidly increasing demand on theser. The tary submited its report ented Ida Fo
Crisis and Steps 10-Mect It i Api 1989. Tis 1208
Suggested intensive efforts for increasing aici!
‘rodution and prodctvity in sleted regions fhe eY
wth stress on moder input empl feliz, cei
‘marketing faites. ce. Om the ans of he reir
of this team. the government intrdyced an intensive