SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Use of green manure
|
|
|
Grow more crops
|
|
|
High Yield Variety Programme
|
|
|
Green Vegetation
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The Green Revolution in India refers to a period of time when agriculture in India improved due to the adoption of modern methods and technology such as high yielding variety seeds (HYV seeds). Q. The green revolution is related to the use of high yielding variety of seeds.
Detailed explanation-2: -What were the high yielding variety crops concentrated during green revolution? Mainly 5 crops were concentrated which include – wheat, rice, jowar, maize, and bajra.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Green Revolution refers to the development of high-yielding plant varieties – especially of wheat and rice, that increased food supplies in the 1940s–60s and staved off widespread starvation in developing countries.
Detailed explanation-4: -The High Yielding Variety Programme (HYVP) was launched in the Kharif of 1966-67 in India. HIGH YIELDING VARIETY PROGRAMME (HYVP) was launched in 1966, which helped the country in attaining self-sufficiency in food.
Detailed explanation-5: -Important Crops in the Revolution: Main crops were Wheat, Rice, Jowar, Bajra and Maize. Non-food grains were excluded from the ambit of the new strategy. Wheat remained the mainstay of the Green Revolution for years.