There has been a paradigm shift in India's economic conditions and cropping patterns in last few decades. Critically discuss why there is an upward trend in horticulture production while downward trend in food grains production? Is it an opportunity or threat?

For the last few years, the horticultutual production in the country has outstripped the food grains output. Currently, horticulture is contributing over one third fraction of India’s agriculture production. This marks a major structural change going on in Indian agriculture. ..

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First Green Revolution ran out of steam mainly because it was focused only on grain production, with this context; present a conceptual framework upon ushering India into Second Green revolution.

Hint: First Green Revolution did not help the dry land farming and it was not scale neutral and thus helped only large farmers. The call for second green revolution focuses on these issues by adopting a different strategy to follow. ..

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To what extent, it is justified to call Green revolution as an agriculture revolution? Examine.

Hint: It was not a true revolution in the sense that it was confined to few crops, few people, few states and few regions only. No substantial increase in production and productivity of pulses was achieved, despite the fact that ..

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It has been argued that early part of Green Revolution led to a class polarization in the rural parts of the country. Discuss critically.

Hint: The argument was that rich peasants became richer at the cost of small peasants; because the later were not able to access modern inputs.  This argument further says that resources were concentrated into those regions which were already well ..

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"Although Green revolution led to increased production and economic betterment of the well to do farmers, but at several fronts, our political and institutional dispensation failed miserably." Discuss critically.

Improved dwarf varieties needed more inputs including water, chemical fertilizers, pesticides etc. But the Integrated Pest Management and Integrated Nutrient Management should have been followed simultaneously. This is where, the government failed. The seed companies launched massive sales compaigns but ..

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Critically examine the key elements of Green Revolution in India, throwing lights on its impact on India's crops and cropping pattern.

Hint: Key Elements of Green Revolution are increase area under cultivation; HYV seeds, Chemical fertilizers; Irrigation facilities; Government subsidy and support prices; and a brave farmer who took the risk of adopting new technologies. The green revolution brought a paradigm ..

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