The Green Revolution refers to initiatives between 1943 and the late 1970s that increased agricultural production through the development and distribution of high-yielding varieties of grains, irrigation infrastructure, and hybridized seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides. This began in Mexico in the 1940s and spread worldwide, significantly increasing global food production. While the Green Revolution improved some farmers' livelihoods, it also led to issues like debt, unemployment, and an inability for poor farmers to afford the new technologies.