Select a statement which is an appropriate critique of the Green revolution?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
In most of the Green Revolution areas, it was primarily the medium and
large farmers who were able to benefit from the new technology. This was because
inputs were expensive, and small and marginal farmers could not afford to
spend as much as large farmers to purchase these inputs. When agriculturists
produce primarily for themselves and are unable to produce for the market, it
is known as ‘subsistence agriculture’ and they are usually termed ‘peasants’.
Agriculturists or farmers are those who are able to produce surplus, over and
above the needs of the family, and so are linked to the market. It was the
farmers who were able to produce a surplus for the market who were able to
reap the most benefits from the Green Revolution and from the commercialisation
of agriculture that followed.