SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION
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It introduced new GMO plants
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The plants required large amounts of pesticides, fertilizers, and water
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It produces too many plants
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The plants require small amounts of pesticide, fertilizers, and water
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Detailed explanation-1: -green revolution, great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding varieties, beginning in the mid-20th century. Its early dramatic successes were in Mexico and the Indian subcontinent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Green revolution means rapid increase in agricultural production by the use of seeds of high yielding variety, chemical fertilizers and new technology. In 1966-67 a new era was established due to a technological change by green revolution for the improvement in agriculture in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pests and Pesticide. Water Consumption. Air Pollution. Impacts on Soil and Crop Production. Extinction of Indigenous Varieties of Crops. Food Consumption Pattern. Health-Related Impacts on the General Population. Impacts on Farmers. 13-Jan-2021