In the 1960s, there was concern from the Indian government that the country would not be able to grow enough food to support the ever increasing population, so they put into place what was called the ‘Green Revolution’. The idea of the ‘Green Revolution’ was to use technology to increase food output and as a result, over the last 50 years a series of changes have taken place in farming in India with the introduction of more ‘Western-type’ farming techniques.What changes in farming in India did the Green Revolution bring about?
LAND REFORM –
Efficient farming was difficult in India due to the many small farms (75% less than 3ha), which had become a product of the ‘Laws of Divided Inheritance’ (with farms being split between the sons of the farmer on his death), many of the poor didn’t even own land, whereas large amounts of land were owned by…
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Jugraphia Slate 