How many folds food supply has increased due to green revolution ?
(a) Two Folds
(b) Three Folds
(c) Multi Folds
(d) None of them
Answers
Answer:
C
ref. NCERT class 12th microbes in human welfare
Explanation:
Impact of the Green Revolution
The production of wheat increased to 55 million tonnes in 1990 from just 11 million tonnes in 1960. Increase in per Acre Yield: Not only did the Green Revolution increase the total agricultural output, it also increased the per hectare yield.
The food production after the green revolution has increased with multi fold. Cereal crops have shown incredible growth.
Green revolution was an initiation that was done following the end of Second World War. The initiation was to use the agricultural land wisely as possible. Introduction of chemical and agro-chemical fertilizers, growing high-yielding varieties of plants like wheat and rice. The one important goal of the green revolution was to increase the productivity in multi fold comparing to the traditional methods of farming.
The answer is (C)- Multi Fold.