WHAT IS IT?
HISTORY
♦ “The Green Revolution is the
development and introduction of
high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of
rice and wheat into many
LEDCs.”- GCSE Geography
Revision Guide.
♦ It aimed for three things, which
WHERE DID IT AFFECT GLOBALLY?
♦ In Punjab and Haryana in
northern India, yields of rice and
wheat tripled
♦ Crop yield also increased in
Mexico, India, Philippines,
ADVANTAGES
♦ Increase in yields- it resulted a
record of 131 tonnes of grain
output in 1978-79
♦ Human labour decreased
♦ The growth of manufacture
sector increased because more
fertilisers were used. This
created more jobs in the county
thus increased its GDP.
♦ Irrigation increased meant an
increase in new dams to control
monsoon water. Hydroelectric
power was developed, (a
renewable source of
energy).This encouraged
industrial growth and enhanced
the quality of life of the people
in villages.
♦ All loans were paid back that
was used to accomplish the
Green Revolution. Hence, India
looked better in the lending
agencies’ perspective.
♦ MEDCs such as Canada who
were having a few problems
with agriculture labour were
The Green Revolution originally began
in India.
Back in 1943, in eastern India where
Britain was still ruling, the world’s worst
record of food disaster occurred- the
Bengal Famine, where approximately 4
million people starved to death. As this
was during the World War 2, food
shortage in India was the least of the
Britain’s problems.
So, when they left in 1947, India’s
main priority was food production as
they were still suffering from the pain
that the Bengal Famine caused and this
is how the Green Revolution began. It
spread from 1969 to 1978, which
DISADVANTAGES
♦ India was not permanently self
sufficient as there were at times,
where the output seemed to have
declined. Poor monsoon in the 1979
and 87 caused terrible draught
problems.
♦ It only worked in several states in
India-mainly Punjab and Haryana and
worked in West Bengal- on the
eastern side of the River Ganges.
Yet, in other parts of India, it was
less impressive.
♦ There are still people starving in
India, which question whether the
purpose of the Green Revolution
really worked or not- did it produce
enough to feed everyone?
♦ Dependant on fossil fuels- seeing
that much of the chemical fertilizers
are based on that
♦ Pollution- the fertilizers, pesticides
and herbicides are a source of
BY SANGITA
MAURYA
10S