Green revolution After ill effect on green revolution
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The green revolution in the late 1960s introduced the Indian farmer to cultivation of wheat and rice using high fielding varieties (HOUSE) of seeds. As a result, the same piece of land produce for larger quantities of food grain than was possible earlier. Farmers of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were the first to try out the modern farming in India.
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Positive impacts....
1. It increased the amount of yields
2. There was no scarcity of food.
3. Farmers were able to grow more than one crop in a season.
4. The machines such as threshers etc. reduced the time taken
5. Irrigation system improved.
6. HYV seeds improved the quality of crops.
7. Chemicals such as fertilizers proved the nutrients to the crops faster than the compost.
Negative impacts....
1. Use of underground water depleted the underground water level and the water table.
2. Use of fertilizers and pesticides and weedicides polluted the soil and underground water.
3. Soil became infertile due to continuous use of fertilizers on the same piece of land again and again.
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