"green revolution is a boon and a bane " justify your statement with examples
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Explanation:
Once upon a time, the world was crying for food. Most of the less developed countries like India, that came out of the rule of their pale-skinned invaders were suffering from chronic food deficits. People were starving.
Necessity is the mother of invention and thus emerged a leader named Norman Borlaug, who revolutionized the agriculture landscape with a green revolution. The Green Revolution saved over a billion people from dying out of starvation.
Don’t you wonder, among such a vast population in India, how do you manage to get your food daily? Thanks to the green revolution that modernized age-old agricultural techniques so that we can have our fresh pizza today.
In 1961, India was at the brink of a mass famine. Although 75% of the people were involved in agriculture but the productivity was too low to feed the hungry population due to lack of infrastructure and usage of old technology.
This was the time when history was written on the greens as the driver of Indian Green Revolution, C. Subramaniam called on Norman Borlaug and changed India’s food production scenario. Borlaug introduced high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, especially of wheat and rice, to Indian farmers.
However, this gave rise to other concerns as India lacked proper irrigation infrastructure and HYV seeds needed proper irrigation along with correct amount of fertilizers and pesticides to produce increased yields.
Therefore, the first phase of Green Revolution, i.e. during the period between mid 1960s to mid 1970s, was restricted to the affluent states like Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Later, during mid 1970s to 1980s, the second phase of Green Revolution was spread across larger number of states and HYV seeds of more types of crops were introduced.
The movement revolutionized the way crops were cultivated in India and increased yields lowered the food prices. Low income groups, who spend large percentage of their income on food, could buy sufficient food yet save some of their earnings for other necessities.
The cost incurred to cultivate HYV seeds was feared to create disparities among big and small farmers but the government policies with ample flagships, low interest loans and subsidies to benefit small farmers prevented those fears to become reality. Green Revolution helped India achieve food sufficiency and the nation became a prosperous example to be quoted on every talk about the Green Revolution around the world.
Hold on! The story does not end here. Every story has a tale to be told beyond its happy ending and here goes the one we need to know.
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