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“The green revolution has resulted in a loss of soil fertility and ever increasing costs to farmers”. Do you agree with this statement? Explain.(OR) “The green revolution has actually resulted in a loss of soil fertility and ever increasing cost to the farmers’Do you agree with the above statement? Provides reasons to support your answer. |
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Answer» Yes, I agree with the above statement by following reasons. 1. In Green Revolution, the farmers are encouraged to pump ground water to water intensive crops in low rainfall areas. 2. This unsustainable pumping has reduced water storage in ground. 3. Consequently, many wells and tube wells have run dry. 4. More over the use of chemical fertilizers has also affected the long term fertility of the soil. Due to this cost of production is increasing to farmers. 5. Hence we can say that Green Revolution has short-term gains and long term losses. 6. Production of food grains (in million tonnes) |
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