Question

what were the merits and demerits of the green revolution

Answer 1

Merits of Green Revolution

Compared to the traditional seeds, the HYV seeds promised to produce much greater amounts of grain on a single plant. As a result, the same piece of land would now produce far larger quantities of food grains than was possible earlier.

Demerits of Green Revolution:

Poor farmers could not afford HYV seeds, fertilizers and machinery.

Some borrowed and ended up with large debts

HYV seeds need more water and fertilizer, which is expensive

New machinery replaced manual labour leading to unemployment and rural-urban migration

The Green Revolution was limited to rice and wheat only.