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Merits and Demerits of Green Revolution

What are the merits and demerits of Green Revolution?

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Merits :
1. Higher Yield.
2. Machines made for ploughing harvesting easy.
3. Surplus food can be sold to earn more.
4. Pests and insects controlled by pesticides and insecticides.
5. Good irrigation enhances production.
Demerits :
1. Loss of fertility with use of chemicalfertilizers.
2. Use of tube wells reduced the water table.
3. Chemical fertilizers polluted ground water.
4. Kills bacteria and micro organism helpful fossil.
5. Excessive use of fertilizers makes soil alkaline and unfit for cultivation.

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Merits :
1. Higher Yield.
2. Machines made for ploughing harvesting easy.
3. Surplus food can be sold to earn more.
4. Pests and insects controlled by pesticides and insecticides.
5. Good irrigation enhances production.
Demerits :
1. Loss of fertility with use of chemicalfertilizers.
2. Use of tube wells reduced the water table.
3. Chemical fertilizers polluted ground water.
4. Kills bacteria and micro organism helpful fossil.
5. Excessive use of fertilizers makes soil alkaline and unfit for cultivation.

Merits of green revolution :
1. Higher Yield.
2. Machines made for ploughing harvesting easy.
3. Surplus food can be sold to earn more.
4. Pests and insects controlled by pesticides and insecticides.
5. Good irrigation enhances production.
Demerits of green revolution :
1. Loss of fertility with use of chemicalfertilizers.
2. Use of tube wells reduced the water table.
3. Chemical fertilizers polluted ground water.
4. Kills bacteria and micro organism helpful fossil.
5. Excessive use of fertilizers makes soil alkaline and unfit for cultivation


Merits of green revolution :
1. Higher Yield.
2. Machines made for ploughing harvesting easy.
3. Surplus food can be sold to earn more.
4. Pests and insects controlled by pesticides and insecticides.
5. Good irrigation enhances production.
Demerits of green revolution :
1. Loss of fertility with use of chemicalfertilizers.
2. Use of tube wells reduced the water table.
3. Chemical fertilizers polluted ground water.
4. Kills bacteria and micro organism helpful fossil.
5. Excessive use of fertilizers makes soil alkaline and unfit for cultivation


Merits of Green revolution:
1. it boost in agro 
2. higher yield
3. farmers get surplus amount of production

De-Merits of Green revolution: 
1. due to use of pesticides soil loses it fertility
2. imbalance in water table due use of tube wells
3. due to use of insecticides helpful microbes also get killed


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