Kumar’s multifaceted book recounts the story of India’s green revolution—or how the country became self-sufficient in food grain production by the 1970s. This revolution had its origins in colonial botanists, who attempted to use Mendelian genetics to fashion better seeds. But the limited success of these experiments left independent India heavily dependent on American food aid. It was only in the 1960s that the preconditions for transforming northern India’s agriculture fell into place:

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