Modern Crops Save The Lives of 3 to 6 Million Babies a Year in Developing Countries 22 DECEMBER 2020 At the end of 2020, we'll take all the good news we can get, and a new study on modern crop development definitely falls into that category: It estimates that more than 100 million infant lives have been saved since modern crop varieties were introduced in the 1950s and 1960s.
While the spread of this so-called Green Revolution has not been consistent over time, it works out as an average 3-6 million young lives being saved each year, through crops that are more plentiful, more resistant to disease and pests, and of a better quality.