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THE REVOLUTION THAT CHANGED AGRICULTURE

IN INDIA


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IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE GREEN

REVOLUTION and their affects

Some of the important components of the greenrevolution in India are as follows:

1 High Yielding Varieties (HYV) of seeds. 2 Irrigation.

3 Use of fertilizers (chemical). 4 Use of Insecticides and Pesticides. 5 Consolidation of holdings and Land

reforms. 6 Agricultural credit. 7 Farm Mechanism 8 Agricultural Universities.


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IRRIGATION

The most crucial part in agriculture isIrrigation. It is the artificial

application of water to the land or

soil. It is used to assist in the growing

of agricultural crops and maintenance

of landscapes during periods of

inadequate rainfall.


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and consolidationis a planned readjustment and rearrangement of landparcels and their ownership. It is usually applied to form larger and morerational land holdings . Land consolidation can be used to improve the ruralinfrastructure and to implement the developmental and environmentalpolicies (improving environmental sustainability and agriculture)

The HYV programme brought about amajor changea transformationaffecting almost every aspect ofIndian agriculture.


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FERTILIZERS , PESTICIDES AND

INSECTICIDES

Advantages of applying fertilisers to the land:

It increases crop yield and improves poor quality

land.

Manure improves soil texture, recycles nitrogen

and introduces essential bacteria.

Pasture is improved so animals fatten up quicker.Once marshland is drained, fertilisers can help

reclaim that land for pasture

Crops grow faster particularly when hybrid seeds

are used.

Pesticides are used to control organisms that

are considered to be harmful.Pesticides cansave farmers' money by preventing crop

losses to insects and other pests. One study

found that not using pesticides reduced crop

yields by about 10%.


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FARM MECHANISM

After the green revolution many

machines such as tractors and combine

harvesters had replaced manual work

and the use of oxen pulled ploughs.

One more new machine was the seeddrill. It planted seeds at the right depth

under the groundat regular intervals.


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AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES AND

GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

Agricultural Universitiesor'AUs' are mostly public

universities in India that are

engaged

in teaching, research and exten

sion in agriculture and relateddisciplines.

A Kisan Credit Cardis a credit card to provide affordable credit for farmers in India. It

was started by the Government of India, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and National Bank

for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in 1998-99 to help farmers access

timely and adequate credit.

The Kisan Credit Card allows farmers to have cash credit facilities without going through

time-consuming bank credit screening processes repeatedly. Repayment can be

rescheduled if there is a bad crop season, and extensions are offered for up to four years.

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