Indian Farmland :: Before the Green Revolution in the mid-1960s — when chemicals and modern seeds were not available — growers in India’s northern farming states of Punjab and Haryana produced an elegant feast of native fruits, grains, and vegetables. By the late 1970s, rice and wheat had supplanted native agriculture and grain harvests dominated farm productivity. In the 1980s, Punjab and Haryana together became the largest rice and wheat producers in India. In 2011, the two states accounted for more than 23 percent of the nation’s rice and wheat crop. (Image © Aubrey Ann Parker / Circle of Blue)

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Indian Farmland :: Before the Green Revolution in the mid-1960s — when chemicals and modern seeds were not available — growers in India’s northern farming states of Punjab and Haryana produced an elegant feast of native fruits, grains, and vegetables. By the late 1970s, rice and wheat had supplanted native agriculture and grain harvests dominated farm productivity. In the 1980s, Punjab and Haryana together became the largest rice and wheat producers in India. In 2011, the two states accounted for more than 23 percent of the nation’s rice and wheat crop. (Image © Aubrey Ann Parker / Circle of Blue)

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