Question

how modern methods have overused the national resources?

Answer 1

a. Modern farming methods has brought about dramatic changes in India's agricultural sector by the introduction of new technology.
b. It is associated with the introduction of HYV of seeds , use of fertilizers and pesticides.
c. Such changes certainly enhances the production,
d. However, questions have been raised with regard to sustainability of development as There are problems associated with it.
e. Small farmers with small and fragmented land holdings could not really avail the benefits of modern methods as using HYV of seeds and latest technology requires huge amount of capital.
f. HYV of seeds demands the usage of chemical fertilizers, pesticides which gain requires huge sum of capital, however its excessive use impacts the fertility of the soil leading to land degradation.
g. Similarly good irrigation facility to meet the water needs reduces the ground water level due to continuous and over exploitation of ground water.
h. Double cropping is also an essential feature of green revolution which requires excessive water and good irrigation facility, since most of the farmers in India are dependent on monsoons to meet their irrigational requirements not everybody could avail its benefit.
i. Corresponding to the fact that it requires huge capital investment farmers are compelled to borrow huge amount of loans and become victims of indebtedness.
j. It requires sophisticated tools, latest technology and equipment's thus replacing manual labour with capital intensive or machinery leading to unemployment and increased migration from rural to urban areas.
k. Because of multiple cropping or crop rotation the quality of land has gone down and yield has suffered.
l. Excessive flood or drought like situation creates a problem destroys the production or severely affects it, as cultivation of crops require a certain amount of water for good production.

Answer 2

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