Major impacts of Green Revolution · Part 2

Revolution brought majority of farming community in India together both for their personal and national socio- economic welfare. This led to substantial increase in income status of the farming community as the high yield of food grain led high income. Agricultural market also played crucial role in creating competitive pricing which helped the farming community to sell their goods in the open market. Hence, the whole farming community in India took part in the Green Revolution. Unlike industrialization, agriculture showed very short term profit and growth. Hence, it articulated the revolutionary feeling among the agrarian community to actively participate in the Green Revolution. Major Shortfalls of the Green Revolution The following factors have been the shortfalls due to Geo-Climatic factors in India. . Regional, crop and farming variations. . Widened the gap between rich and poor agriculturist. . Lack of finance among small scale farmers to put up with initial investment . It forced the farmers to use harmful fertilizers and pesticides to increase the crop output. . Lack of socialization and preparedness with regard to adopting new technology. . It has become a never ending process due lack of adequate check on population overgrowth. ( Achievements of Green Revolution . It brought down the scarcity of food grains. . It encouraged the farmers to test new varieties of high yield seeds and varieties of crops. . It stimulated to bring radical changes in fishing, poultry and dairy industries namely Blue, Yellow and White Revolution. . Cash and spice crops were also given equal importance which led India to export cash crops to various countries resulting in high export earnings. However, other necessary crops like sugarcane, oilseeds and cereals were not shown adequate interest by the farmers. Their importance was felt only during ’s and early ’s.