Modern industrial agriculture—the "Green Revolution" — was based on the development of synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides which had devastating consequences for rural wildlife, as documented by American marine biologist, naturalist and environmentalist Rachel Carson in Silent Spring (1962).
Madha contributed significantly to the Green Revolution in India in the 1970s that made the country self-sufficient in food production.
Steady growth of crop yields during recent decades (in particular through the Green Revolution) compounded the problem by progressively depleting soil micronutrient pools.
The village is home to several famous personalities: Ali M. Nazha, an agriculture engineer who was instrumental in the Green Revolution in North Bekaa; Malek Wehbe, an SSNP martyr; Deeb El Kurdie, an SSNP activist; and soccer player Wael Nazha.
However, he was one of the first to denounce damages from the Green Revolution ("Révolution Verte") and to fight agricultural productivism.
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He worked for the Agricultural Research Service and during his time in Japan, Salmon collected wheat samples and found a dwarf strain which came to be called Norin 10 and which later triggered the Green Revolution.
Renowned U.S. agronomist Dr. Norman Borlaug, the architect of the "Green Revolution" worked here after successful developments in increasing the resistance of wheat.
Some of the popular villages are Senguttaipalayam is the birth place of Bharat Ratna Chidambaram Subramaniam(commonly known as CS ), Senior Congressional leader, Father of Green Revolution in India, Former Minister of Finance and Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, Former Union Minister for Food, Agriculture and Finance, Government of India and Former Governor of Maharashtra State.
Yves Frémion, History of the Green Revolution, published by Hoebeke, 2007, p.
Ranbir Singh Kanwar(born 1930), plant breeder and agronomist who helped usher in the green revolution in India