<P> Both the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation were heavily involved . One key leader was Norman Borlaug , the `` Father of the Green Revolution '' , who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 . He is credited with saving over a billion people from starvation . The basic approach was the development of high - yielding varieties of cereal grains , expansion of irrigation infrastructure , modernization of management techniques , distribution of hybridized seeds , synthetic fertilizers , and pesticides to farmers . </P>
<P> Both the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation were heavily involved . One key leader was Norman Borlaug , the `` Father of the Green Revolution '' , who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 . He is credited with saving over a billion people from starvation . The basic approach was the development of high - yielding varieties of cereal grains , expansion of irrigation infrastructure , modernization of management techniques , distribution of hybridized seeds , synthetic fertilizers , and pesticides to farmers . </P>
who is called the father of green revolution
who is called the father of green revolution
Norman Borlaug
Norman Borlaug