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#Activity No #2 [[green revolution green revolution activity1]]
#Activity No #2 [[green revolution green revolution activity1]]
==Key Idea #2==
==Key Idea #2 Challenges ==
The Green revolution has been a blessing by helping the country achieve rapid and dramatic increases in food production and productivity. However this has not been an unmixed blessing. The ill effects of the green revolution (excessive use of fertilisers, pesticides, ground water) is becoming more and more evident and this needs to be addressed.Thirdly, the variety/species of crops has reduced and the 'high yield' varieties have become very dominant, this may not be good from a bio diversity point of view.
===Learning objectives===
===Learning objectives===
Understand the negative implications/impact of the green revolution technologies
Understand the importance of traditional and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming organic methods] of agriculture
===Notes for teachers===
===Notes for teachers===
To make this topic more connected to students lives, they could be taken for interactions with local farmers to study if the technologies used are more capital/input intensive like the green revolution, or are more based on organic methods
===Activities===
===Activities===
#Activity No #1 '''Concept Name - Activity No.'''
#Activity No #1 [[green revolution challenges activity1]]
#Activity No #2 '''Concept Name - Activity No.'''
#Activity No #2 [[green revolution challenges activity2]]
==Key Idea #3==
==Key Idea #3==