GK
INDIAN ECONOMY
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Question
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HYV Seeds
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Traditional Seeds
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Both HYV & Traditional
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the Green Revolution in the 1960s, Indian farmers cultivated wheat and rice using high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, irrigation, chemical fertilisers, insecticides, pesticides, and more. These HYV seeds could produce a lot more grains on a single plant than regular seeds.
Detailed explanation-2: -HYV seeds grow faster than the normal seeds and, consequently, crops can be harvested in a much shorter time period. Initially, HYV seeds were used in states like Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu (as these states had more suitable irrigation facilities) and later on to other states.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most important HYVs can be found among wheat, corn, soybean, rice, potato, and cotton. They are heavily used in commercial and plantation farms.
Detailed explanation-4: -Definition. HYV (high yielding variety) seeds refer to the seeds developed by scientists to improve food supplies and reduce famine in developing countries while traditional seeds refer to the indigenous seeds that are produced, growing or living naturally in a particular country or climate.