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Punjab is predominantly an agrarian State. It was in the forefront of the adoption of the Green Revolution model in the 1960s, resulting in a tremendous increase in the use of current and capital inputs that increased production, productivity, income of farmers thereby increasing their consumption expenditure and ultimately improving their standard of living. It has been instrumental in ensuring national food security, consistently contributing a significant percentage of wheat and paddy in the Central pool. During 2011-12, 38.7 per cent of wheat and 22.1 per cent of paddy to the Central pool came from Punjab.
Green Revolution – Why the need arises :
Strategies adopted by Punjab under Green Revolution :
The core components of new agriculture strategy adopted by Punjab under Green revolution are :
Gains of Green Revolution :
The green revolution resulted quantitative and qualitative development in the agriculture of Punjab. The quantitative improvement occurs as a result of steep increase in the production of agriculture output. The qualitative improvement resulted into adoption of modernized technology in the agriculture. The gains of green revolution can be discussed as follows:
Green Revolution – The problems and agrarian crisis :
Despite the success story of the Green Revolution, which brought phenomenal growth since the 1960s, Punjab has, however, been facing an acute crisis as discussed below :
Suggestions and Future Agenda :
So, the Green Revolution has not only brought prosperity to the State but it has also disturbed ecological balance of the State. Now, it’s the time to rethink about the Punjab’s model of agricultural growth. There is an urgent need of some changes like :
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