HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
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Which of the following two points were the key driving forces behind the Green Revolution?
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An exponential increase in the human population and the advent of industrial fertilizers.
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Agriculture expanding into arid and previously unarable regions and the resulting increase in irrigation systems and dependence on the water table.
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An exponential increase in the human population and the growing popularity of organic farming.
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A global trend of consuming more plant-based foods and advances in horticultural science from public land grant colleges.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Correct answer: An exponential increase in the human population and the advent of industrial fertilizers.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -(i) Irrigation: (ii) Agricultural Machinery: (iii) Fertilizers: (iv) High Yielding Variety of Seeds (HYV): (v) Plant Protection: (vi) Research: (vii) New Techniques. (viii) Marketing Facilities: More items
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