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Contents: I. INTRODUCTION -- A. Defining the Green Revolution -- B. Historical and Geographic Dimensions -- C. Organization of the Report. II. LIFE CYCLES OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY -- A. The General Pattern -- B. The High-Yielding Seeds -- C. Associated Inputs. III. EFFECT ON YIELDS: THE HISTORICAL RECORD -- A. Types of Effects on Production - 1. Direct Effect on Output - 2. Indirect Effect on Output -- B. Relative Importance of Area and Yield -- C. Effect on Yields - 1. Overall Changes in Yield - 2. Comparative Yield Levels - a. Official National Statistics - b. Deflated Comparative Yields. IV. PROSPECTS FOR THE INPUT PACKAGE -- A. Seed Multiplication and Distribution -- B. Water Control - 1. Irrigation - a. Differing Water Requirements - b. Source of Irrigation Water - c. Influence of the Energy Crisis - 2. Adapting to Less Irrigation - a. Wheat - b. Rice -- C. Plant Nutrition - 1. Present Fertilizer Situation - 2. Fertilizer and the HYV's - a. Levels of Fertilizer Use - b. Factors Influencing Application - 3. Responding to the Fertilizer Crisis - a. Chemical Fertilizers - (1) Economic Policies - (2) More Efficient Use - b. Organic Fertilizers -- D. Plant protection. V. CONCLUDING REMARKS. VI. REFERENCES AND NOTES.