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| Select a statement which is an appropriate critique of the Green revolution? |
The green revolution ultimately increased inequality among farmers. The green revolution resulted in the urbanization of the rural villages in north India. Indian green revolution was designed by corporates which strained corporate farmer relations. Both 1 and 2 |
| The green revolution ultimately increased inequality among farmers. |
| 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. |
