Green Revolution for Wheat in Developing Countries

摘要

The green revolution has greatly increased the wheat supply in the developing world. The experience of Mexico, India, Pakistan, Turkey, and Argentina are reviewed here. Governments of these countries, except Argentina, used procurement programs and input subsidies to maintain high profits for wheat production as long as domestic production substituted for imports. As these countries achieved wheat self-sufficiency, incentives for wheat production verus other crops were reduced.