Srushti Jayant DeshmukhAIR 5 · CSE 2018 · 196 wordsTheir whole copy
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On Green Revolution Dhanagre comments that it would be erroneous to see it only as high yielding variety plants but it must be seen as a broader ideology of rural transformation.
Socio-Economic Implications have been manifold -
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(i) Dutt and Sundaram argue that due to premature mechanisation, labour surplus economies like India face unemployment.
(ii) Widening class divide - Rudolph & Rudolph document rising of Bullock Capitalists who are large farmers and invest heavily in farm inputs.
(-) Gentlemen farmers who acquire land for speculation & as a tax haven.
• Pauperisation of peasants and tenants due to landlessness and eviction - Bhalla-Chadda documented that 1/3 marginal, 1/4 small and 1/5 medium farmers are BPL and live on starvation diets. • Vandana Shiva calls this ecological misadventure and planned destruction of biodiversity due to monoplantation. • Land Reforms took a backseat and Social Justice initiative was defeated, due to capitalist tendencies. • Women have to face the brunt as Jajmani breakdown force men to migrate & feminisation of poverty. • Satya Deva calls this nexus of seed industry and public sector.
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Despite food grain production expansion, Green Revolution has led to ecological, social & economic mishaps.