The document discusses the strategies and impacts of the Green Revolution in India. It outlines the strategies used like high yielding variety seeds, chemical fertilizers, construction of canals and wells, and increased use of tractors. It notes that the Green Revolution aimed to address issues like poverty, low agricultural productivity, and lack of infrastructure. The positive impacts included attaining food self-sufficiency, price control, and increased crop yields. However, disadvantages included increased disparities between large and small farmers, susceptibility of HYV seeds to attacks, unemployment due to machinery, and water pollution from chemicals.
6. Different strategies
Use of High yielding variety seeds
Use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides
New canals as well as bore wells were
built
Use of tractors and motor pumps
increased
Banks began to make agricultural loans
available to farmers
8. Reasons for Introducing Green
Revolution
High Incidence of poverty
Low productivity in agricultural
sector
Lack of Infrastructure
9. Positive Impacts of Green
revolution
This makes our country to attain food
self sufficiency.
Helps the government in Price under
control.
Increase in Buffer stocks.
The new methods in agriculture
increased the yields of rice and wheat .
10. Disadvantages of Green Revolution
Increase the disparities between large
and small farmers
The HYV seeds are more prone to
attacks
The growing machineries caused
unemployment
Use of chemical fertilizers and
pesticides caused water pollution
