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Negative
• Less manpower in field, unemployment in villages.
• High cost.
• Gap increase between rich n poor farmers.
• High cost>high loans > if crop fails> high loss> suicide.
How to Make Agriculture Productive
• To make agriculture successful and profitable, proper thrust should be given to the
improvement of the condition of marginal and small farmers. .
• The green revolution promised much.
• But it is being alleged that it has caused land degradation.
• The keyword today is “gene revolution” which includes genetic engineering.
• In fact organic farming is much in vogue today because it is practised without factory
made chemicals such as fertilizers and pesticides.
• Hence, it does not affect environment in a negative manner.
• Indian farmers have a bleak future if they continue growing food grains
• On the holdings that grow smaller and smaller as the population rises.
• Indian farmers should diversify their cropping pattern from cereals to high-value crops.
• This will increase incomes and reduce environmental degradation simultaneously
• India’s diverse climate can be harnessed to grow a wide range of high value crops.
