Person: William Colwell

A grayscale photograph showing 25-kilogram sacks of corn seeds lined up in neat rows. Partial view of stacked sacks of corn and Chevrolet trucks from the '60s visible in the background.
1940s 1950s 1960s

The Rockefeller Foundation’s Mexican Agriculture Program, 1943-1965

The Rockefeller Foundation’s first intensive agriculture endeavor is now credited with launching the global transformation known as the “Green Revolution.”