HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
Question
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The Green Revolution decreased the food security. There was a shift from ____ oriented cropland to ____ oriented one.
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Subsistence, Market
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Market, Subsistance
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None of the above
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Green Revolution helped the crisis of food in India in the following ways: High-yielding varieties of crops were used to increase production of crops. Use of effective fertilisers and other chemicals to reduce agricultural loses. Use of latest agricultural implements and machines to save time and labour.
Detailed explanation-2: -Farmers were then influenced by the Green Revolution and larger farmers who had changed to modern methods such as monocropping, in which they cultivated only one type of crop rather than multiple crops, as is done in traditional agriculture.
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