How has the green revolution in some areas results in short term grains but long term losses to farmers
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How has the Green Revolution in some areas resulted in short-term gains but long- term losses to farmers?
The Green Revolution was a boon to farmers initially but there were issues associated
with it that affected both society and the environment. The excess use of
chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides and herbicides adversely affected the fertility of the fields and led to soil erosion. They even polluted the
water system around the fields. The farmers in those areas had to take tremendous losses by all these
drawbacks. In the long term the farmers had to make up for these losses.
Answer:
Due to Green Revolution packages agricul- poob paynsai pe padojanap |IM SEM ainy production. But in some areas the productivities of land has started showing a declining trend.
Fertilisers, pesticides and insecticides, which once showed dramatic results are now being held responsible for degrading the soils.
Periodic scarcity of water has led to reduction in area under irrigation. Inefficient water management has led to water logging and One more reason due to free power to a section of farmers has encouraged them to pump ground water to grow water intensive crops in low rainfall areas.
e.g. : Rice in Punjab. Thus unsustainable pumping has reduced water storage in aquifers. Consequently, many wells and tube wells have run dry.
Thus has resulted the marginal and small farmers out of cultivation.