The Green Revolution

The Green Revolution a period of time that genetically modified crops were engineered, pesticides and fertilizer were created starting in the 1940s ending in the 1960s. This period caused a lot of debate on the Green Revolution some stating it positively affected the world and some stating that it negatively affected the world. The positives of the Green Revolution include increasing yields, increasing profit for farmers, lowering prices for foods which then allows the poor afford the food, and crops can be genetically modified to contain specific vitamin. The Green revolution is negative because it caused an increase in global pollution, chemical pollution, and health risks due to the exposure to the chemical produced during the Green Revolution.

The Green Revolution had a positive, negative, or possibly both consequences on the way human beings have evolutionized through out the years. Each of these documents specifically proves that whether good or bad the different societies have been able to incorporate a little from what the Green Revolution has left them into their daily lives. The Green Revolution on one-side has ignited the revolution for new ideas and traditions. On the other side the Green Revolution has become a form of destructing the true and only roots for most farmers.

In my text you will be reading about why going green is important, the meaning of the term ‘carbon dioxide emission’, going vegan and three types of pollution. My references for my text are basically a conversation by the dinner table and a quite vague skype conversation with my vegan of a best friend, and partially a bit of what we learned in science class.

In the last twenty-five years, the food production has grown remarkably and, in comparison to the 1880s, it has grown over double the amount thus reaching over 100 million tons of cereal and oilseeds. This increase was boosted by the development in performance and a great expansion of the cultivated

During the 1960s, there was a “sharp increase” in crop production which came to be known as the Green Revolution. This increase in crop yields was due to the advancements in plant breeding and the use of modern agricultural techniques. The Green Revolution intended to increase the food supply in order to reduce the risk of famine (intended outcome 1), and with the surplus they were able to export the excess (intended outcome 2). However, there were also some unintended outcomes. Two of these were salinization, and the artificial fertilizers that were used harmed the

The human need for food is one of the inherent and physiological needs; it is the most important factor for the survival and life. Food is an essential need, and human is forced to obtain food to quench the hunger. Proper nutrition and balanced is good for growth and leads to better health and longer lifespan. Initially, eating was only to crunch hunger, and feeling of hunger forced the human to consume everything that was available regardless of the quality and nutrition. Later, humans learned how to use the land and nature to provide their variety of food to consume. The urbanization and social life have caused many changes in the way human consume nutritional food. Today in regard to the growth of population and their need for food producing is one of the human concerns in contemporary society. As it is forecasted that by 2050 the world population will be 9.6 billion people. Due to the growing population and changing diets, the world will need to produce 69% more food (Ranganathan, 2013). Now, this question comes in mind that how this amount of quality food should be produced for the population. Although, we have advanced technology, several factors such as climate change and soil quality of the lane will restrict the production of food around the world. Thus, these factors will give negative impact and restriction in the different region. We will face a difficult challenge of overtime to meet with these four principles: access,

The growth of industrialization and of the population were one cause of the Green Revolution. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005, wheat yields in Mexico increased about 3,500 yields per hectare of wheat, and about 2,400 yields in India, from the year 1950 to 2010. During these years, mechanization continued and made it easier to

The human population has been growing exponentially ever since the Industrial Revolution. “Between 1800 and 2011, population size increased sevenfold” and it is only going to keep growing, reaching 10 billion by 2100 (Lee, 2011). New technologies have allowed societies to advance and multiply quicker than ever before due to new medicines and better access to basic necessities like food and water. The Green Revolution, which took place from the 1930’s to the 1960’s, indicates the development and modernization of agriculture through means of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s), synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and the distribution of hybridized seeds to other countries; specifically, the third world. This agricultural progress

Global food security has become one of the most prominent issues of the decade, as the world’s population, and thus the number of mouths to feed, is expected to reach 9.1 billion people by 2050. Despite growing income levels and overall economic growth, India continues to be one country that is severely affected by food insecurity, with a steady decline in calorie consumption per capita and a rise in levels of the population that have become food-insecure. Due to this confusing and contradictory nature of India’s food security condition, it has become significant in the realm of global food stability. Identifying the major reasons for food insecurity and the uneven impacts associated with food production in India, as well as opportunities for improvement within the country, are essential in hopes of understanding the nature of the global food crisis. While there are undoubtedly several reasons for current threats to food security, a close examination of the current social, economic, and environmental status of India demonstrates that a lack of crop diversification, climate change, and increasing westernization of Indian agricultural systems are three major contributors.

Although, many people will argue that the Green Revolution wasn’t a success in the developing countries and negatively affected the economic status and environmental safety of the country. Many people say that the green revolution only benefited the rich people, who are in charge, by getting them richer and the poor laborers only getting poorer. They also bring up that the run-off from the pesticides used to artificially make the crops went into the rivers and polluted the clean drinking water for the lower-class people leading to many new diseases spreading. However, science advancements in the field of agriculture and the overall economic growth of the whole country helped the Green Revolution be a success.

Abstract: Our country is known worldwide for Agriculture as its major Industry. As per results till 2011, India had a large and disparate agricultural sector, counting, on an average, for around 16% of GDP and 10% of the total export earnings. Land area of arable land in our country is 159.7 million hectares (394.6 million acres) which is listed as the second largest of world, first is The United States. India is among the top global producers of many crops that includes wheat, cotton, pulses, rice, ground-nuts, fruits and vegetables. According to same study in 2011, in the world, till then, India had the largest numbers of buffalo and cattle, and amazingly was the largest producer of dairy products and has fastest growing and largest poultry

“There are many future challenges to increasing food production globally, including slowing agricultural productivity growth, the impacts of climate change, and increased competition for scarce resources such

(5) The possibility of introducing genetically modified foods to these developing nations will increase farm yields and help feed growing population demands, while at the same making the price of food cheaper. For example, Monsanto’s GMO sweet potato would require less herbicides to grow while increasing yields up to 25%. (6) With five countries (the United States, Canada, China, Brazil, and Argentina) making up 96% of the world’s genetically modified crops (3), there exists an opportunity for future growth in developing countries, which is where this technology is needed the most.

There are numerous natural factors that limit food security. The challenges to food security in India are crop diversification, bio-fuel and medical plant development, climate change, water accessibility, creation of high yielding varieties, agricultural costs and crop insurance issues.

Constant deterioration of soil health during past three decades is one of the most serious second generation problems of Green Revolution in India, causing not only stagnation in food production but also threatening the nutritional and economic security. The problem is more acute in high productivity areas of Indo-Gangetic Plain Region i.e., Trans-Gangetic Plains (TGP, representing Punjab and Haryana) and Upper Gangetic Plains (UGP, representing Delhi and Western U.P.), where intensive cereal-cereal cropping systems are predominantly followed with indiscriminate use of nutrients and irrigation water, and also with excessive tillage using heavy machinery (Yadav et al. 1998). Major soil health problems emerged due to continuous adoption of this kind of farming are depletion of soil organic matter (SOM) both in terms of quality and quantity, emergence of multi-nutrient deficiencies and deterioration of soil physical properties - especially sub-surface compaction and poor aggregation (Hobbs and Morris 1996). The sustenance of high yields in these otherwise productive areas is becoming increasingly difficult owing to soil-related constraints. Hence, the farmers have started using greater than recommended rates of N fertilizers, particularly in the most prevalent rice-wheat cropping system, in order to maintain the yield levels that were attained previously with relatively less fertilizer. Such emerging trends of indiscriminate N fertilization need to be curbed, for