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==Key Idea #2 Challenges ==

==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.

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.

 

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 [http://sitemaker.umich.edu/section7group1/introduction 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

Understand the importance of traditional and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming organic methods] of agriculture