-BY AYUSHI SHARMA

GREEN REVOLUTION

••GREEN
GREENREVOLUTION
REVOLUTIONREFERS
REFERSTO
TOAADRASTIC
DRASTICCHANGE
CHANGEININTHE
THEFIELD
FIELDOF
OF
AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE. .
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ITITTOOK
TOOKPLACE
PLACEININBETWEEN
BETWEEN1950
1950AND
ANDLATE
LATE1960.
1960.
••ITITINTRODUCED
INTRODUCEDMODERN
MODERNMETHODS
METHODSOF
OFFARMING
FARMING( (HYV
HYVSEEDS,MODER
SEEDS,MODER
MACHINERY)
MACHINERY)WHICH
WHICHINCREASED
INCREASEDFARM
FARMPRODUCTION.
PRODUCTION.
METHODS OF GREEN REVOLUTION
• MULTIPLE CROPPING
• USE OF HYV SEEDS
• USE OF PESTICIDES, WEEDICIDES AND
FERTILISERS
• USE OF MODERN MACHINERY
• PROPER IRRIGATION SYSTEM
FEATURES OF GREEN REVOLUTION

• USE OF HYV SEEDS WITH PROPER IRRIGATION PROVIDED BETTER YIELD FROM A SINGLE PLANT.
• THE EMPHASIS OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION WAS MOSTLY ON FOOD GRAINS . CASH CROPS WERE NOT
THE PART OF PLAN.
• IT INCREASED AVAILABILITY AND USE OF FERTILISERS TO ENHANCE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE FARMS.
• IT USED PESTICIDES AND WEEDICIDES TO REDUCE ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE TO THE CROP.
• THEN IT INTRODUCED TECHNOLOGY AND MACHINERY WHICH HELPED IMMENSELY TO PROMOTE
COMMERCIAL FARMING IN INDIA.
HISTORY OF GREEN REVOLUTION

• IN 1945, INDIA WAS ON THE BRINK OF MASS FAMINE .

• TO SAVE THE LIFE OF INDIANS FROM FAMINE ,NORMAN E BORLAUG WAS INVITED TO INDIA BY THE
ADVICE OF C. SUBRAMANIAM.
• NORMAN E BORLAUG INTRODUCED MODERN METHOD OF FARMING . IT GAVE MORE WHEAT FROM SINGLE
PLANT.
• THEN , GREEN REVOLUTION WAS ALL OVER INDIA.
 FATHER OF GREEN REVOLUTION

• MS SWAMINATHAN IS KNOWN AS THE

“FATHER OF GREEN REVOLUTION IN
INDIA” FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND
SUCCESS IN INTRODUCING AND
FURTHER DEVELOPING HIGH-YIELDING
VARIETIES OF WHEAT IN INDIA .
PROS OF GREEN REVOLUTION
• IT ALLOWED US TO CREATE A CONSISTENT FOOD SUPPLY.
• IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT.
• IT INCREASED THE INCOME OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND PROVIDED MORE EMPLOYMENT.
• IT GIVES US PREDICTABILITY WITHIN FOOD SUPPLY.
• IT CREATES CHEAPER CONSUMER PRICES.
CONS OF GREEN REVOLUTION
• HIGH AMOUNTS OF FERTILISERS AND PESTICIDES ARE NEEDED TO OPTIMISE PRODUCTION. THIS IS
BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY COSTLY.
• NEW VARIETIES REQUIRE MORE WEED CONTROL ARE MORE SUSPECTIBLE TO PESTS AND DISEASE.
• MIDDLE AND HIGH INCOME FARMERS HAVE BENEFITED MORE THAN LOW INCOME FARMERS.
• MECHANISATION OF FARMING HAS INCREASED RURAL UNEMPLOYMENT.
• DUE TO INCREASED USE OF PESTICIDES AND WEEDICIDES, SOIL IS LOOSING IT‘S FERTILITY.
ECONOMY DURING GREEN REVOLUTION
• BEFORE GREEN REVOLUTION, INDIA‘S ECONOMY WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. INDIA WAS IN PORTING
FOOD GRAINS BY PAYING INDIAN CURRENCY.
• GREEN REVOLUTION INCREASED FARM PRODUCTION, MADE FARMERS PROSPEROUS AND THEN INDIA
RECOVERED IT’S ECONOMY.
• GREEN REVOLUTION REDUCED THE IMPORT OF FOOD GRAIN .
• GREEN REVOLUTION DEMANDED MACHINERY, FERTILISERS ETC. WHICH LED TO INDUSTRIAL GROWTH.
• IT PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT TO LANDLESS LABOUR EITHER IN FIELDS OF LARGE FARMERS OR IN
INDUSTRIES.
PRODUCTION OF WHEAT AND PULSES
DURING GREEN REVOLUTION
CONCLUSION
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