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The Green Revolution, as you know, was a government programme of agricultural modernisation. It was largely funded by international agencies that was based on providing high-yielding variety(HYV) or hybrid seeds along with pesticides, fertilisers, and other inputs, to farmers. Green Revolution programmes were introduced only in areas that had assured irrigation, because sufficient water was necessary for the new seeds and methods of cultivation.
What was the basic requirement for the use of HYV seeds?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Irrigated region
Option (1) Semi-arid region — Incorrect. The new seeds needed plenty of water, which a semi-arid region cannot give without irrigation. Farmers in the dry and semi-arid regions took up these methods only in the second phase, from the 1980s, after shifting from dry to wet (irrigated) cultivation.
Option (3) Irrigated region — Correct. Green Revolution programmes were introduced only in areas that had assured irrigation, because sufficient water was necessary for the new seeds and methods of cultivation.
NCERT (2025-26): “4.3 The Green Revolution and its Social Consequences … It was largely funded by international agencies that was based on providing high-yielding variety(HYV) or hybrid seeds along with pesticides, fertilisers, and other inputs, to farmers. Green Revolution programmes were introduced only in areas that had assured irrigation, because sufficient water was necessary for the new seeds and methods of cultivation. It was also targeted mainly at the wheat and rice-growing areas. As a result, only certain regions such as the Punjab, western U.P., coastal Andhra Pradesh, and parts of Tamil Nadu, received the first wave of the Green Revolution package.…” “…The second phase of the Green Revolution which began in 1980s, farmers living in the dry and semi-arid regions of India began following Green Revolution cultivation practices. In these areas there has been a significant shift from dry to wet (irrigated) cultivation, along with changes in the cropping pattern and type of crops grown.…” |