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New wheat varieties doubled harvests in Asia

Short strawed plants bred by Norman Borlaug responded well to fertiliser Working in Mexico from the 1940s, Norman Borlaug bred dwarf wheat that put its energy into grain rather than straw and resisted rust disease. Introduced in India and Pakistan in the 1960s with irrigation and fertiliser, it helped those countries approach grain self sufficiency. The wider package of seeds and inputs became known as the Green Revolution. It sits in Mondo's history collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Short strawed plants bred by Norman Borlaug responded well to fertiliser. The figure is taken from Food and Agriculture Organization, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.