Question

What are the harmful effects of green revolution faced by our country?

Answer 1

Answer:

Loss of soil fertility, erosion of soil, soil toxicity, diminishing water resources, pollution of underground water, salinity of underground water, increased incidence of human and livestock diseases and global warming are some of the negative impacts of over adoption of agricultural technologies by the farmers

Answer 2

Green revolution was highly successful as agricultural production of most of countries increased. But Green revolution has some adverse impact on environment in forms of deforestation, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, increase in greenhouse gas emissions etc.