What is Green Revolution ? How could food production be increased ? What are the problems that have arisen with the Green Revolution ?

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3. What is GREEN REVOLUTION?

4. GREEN REVOLUTION
A large increse in food production
in Developed and Developing
countries achieved by using
modern agricultural techniques.
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5. GREEN REVOLUTION
Developed countries:
(1950 to 1970)
Developing Countries:
(1960s)
India
Pakistan
United State
Japan
Mexico
Canada
China
Bangladesh
New Zealand
Argentina
Egypt
Colombia
Turkey
Other countries Thailand
Malaysia
in Europe
Indonesia
Philipines

6. . Plant Breeding
 Choose the
appropriate seeds
(IR-8,IR-20,IR-22)
 Get high grain
output
Increased the
food production by
90% in 1960

7. . Liberal use of Fertilizers
 plant growth ( nutrients )
 fertilizer provides greener
 Get high greater grain yield

8. Bacteria blight
rugged stunt
stem borer
brown leaf hopper
gall midge
wilted stunt

9. Pesticides
Insecticides
Fungicides
Herbicides

10. Plowing
Sowing
Harvesting

11.  Increasing the
farmer’s
productivity
 Having a shorter
growing season
 Making double
or treble
cropping

12. . Extensive of
. Improved Transport
Irrigation Facilities:
Network:
 Government built dams  Government built more
to provide enough water
supply…
roads, highways and
railways…

13. Government provides :
Subsidies
Commercial banks
Finance houses

14. What are the
problems that have
arisen with the green
revolution ?

15. .Poor famers are unable to benefit from
the benefit of Green Revolution.
. Many small farmers are forced to give
up farming indirectly.
. The rich famers become more wealthy.
. Green Revolution has brought more
environmental crisis and health risks.
. GR have greatly depleted the world’s fossil fuel.