The green revolution
The green revolution, which is also known as the Third Agricultural Revolution, can be defined as the collection of various technologies of research that transferred different initiatives in the duration between 1950 and the late 1960s. This agricultural revolution majorly had various effects on the globe’s food production sectors. There were several accomplishments that this initiative brought about.
One of the main accomplishments of the green revolution is that there was increased food production during this duration. During the third agricultural revolution, there was plenty of food, agricultural products. The type of food produced in large quantity during this duration was majorly wheat and rice. The high rice production was resulted due to factors such as the introduction of high yielding varieties of seeds in the market. This, therefore, led to increased production, which helped curb hunger.
Additionally, the third Agricultural Revolution led to the introduction and adoption of new technologies. During this duration, various technologies that eased farming were introduced. Initially, there was difficulty since farmers majorly used green manure and had no proper way of irrigating their crops. During the third Agricultural Revolution, the introduction of new technologies could efficiently irrigate crops and apply fertilizers. Consequently, one of the accomplishments of the third Agricultural Revolution is, it led to the introduction of new technology.
However, one of the Green Revolution problems is that it led to the loss of soil fertility. During this period, several people participated in farming and never thought of leaving the lands idle to gain their natural fertility. After longer durations of farming on the land, the soils’ natural fertility was lost and some leached deep into the soils. This made a large percentage of the land lose its fertility due to over-irrigation on the land and monocropping practices. Monocropping is the act of planting a single crop on the same piece of land over a long period without rotating them. During this duration, most people majorly planted rice repeatedly, which led to the loss of ferity of the soil.
Moreover, the other problem of the third Agricultural Revolution is that it led to environmental pollution. During this duration, a lot of soil was lost due to erosion, which was majorly caused by the frequent irrigations. The other way the Green Revolution led to the polution of the environement is by increasing water sources’ pollution. This happened because the toxic fertilizers were carried to the water sources by water, which polluted the water, making it unfit for human and animal consumption. Subsequently, their agricultural revolution led to the pollution of the environment in several ways.