Question

 Picture Study

The photograph here shows an important feature of an agricultural movement.

1. Identify agricultural movement.

2. Who supervised this movement in India?

3. List any four demerits of this movement.

Answer 1

1. This picture shows the Green Revolution which came to India in the 1960‘s under the supervision of Dr. Norman Borlaug.

2. The Indian government encouraged fanners to grow new dwarf and semi-dwarf varieties of seed particularly of wheat in the plains of Punjab and Haryana.

3. The main demerits of this revolution were.

1. It leads to over-dependence on fertilizers and pesticides.
2. Unemployment, as new machinery, replaced manual labour.
3. It was confined to rich farmers as the cost of fertilizers, hybrid „ seeds, pesticides were high.
4. The farm water polluted with fertilizers and pesticides is affecting human health.