THE REVOLUTION THAT CHANGED AGRICULTURE

IN INDIA
IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE GREEN
REVOLUTION and their affects
Some of the important components of the green
revolution in India are as follows:
1 High Yielding Varieties (HYV) of seeds.
2 Irrigation.
3 Use of fertilizers (chemical).
4 Use of Insecticides and Pesticides.
5 Consolidation of holdings and Land
reforms.
6 Agricultural credit.
7 Farm Mechanism
8 Agricultural Universities.

IRRIGATION
The most crucial part in agriculture is
Irrigation. It is the artificial
application of water to the land or
soil. It is used to assist in the growing
of agricultural crops and maintenance
of landscapes during periods of
inadequate rainfall.
Land consolidation is a planned readjustment and rearrangement of land
parcels and their ownership. It is usually applied to form larger and more
rational land holdings . Land consolidation can be used to improve the rural
infrastructure and to implement the developmental and environmental
policies (improving environmental sustainability and agriculture)
The HYV programme brought about a
major changea transformation
affecting almost every aspect of
Indian agriculture.
FERTILIZERS , PESTICIDES AND
INSECTICIDES
Advantages of applying fertilisers to the land:
It increases crop yield and improves poor quality
land.
Manure improves soil texture, recycles nitrogen
and introduces essential bacteria.
Pasture is improved so animals fatten up quicker.
Once marshland is drained, fertilisers can help
reclaim that land for pasture
Crops grow faster particularly when hybrid seeds
are used.
Pesticides are used to control organisms that
are considered to be harmful. Pesticides can
save farmers' money by preventing crop
losses to insects and other pests. One study
found that not using pesticides reduced crop
yields by about 10%.
FARM MECHANISM
After the green revolution many
machines such as tractors and combine
harvesters had replaced manual work
and the use of oxen pulled ploughs.
One more new machine was the seed
drill. It planted seeds at the right depth
under the groundat regular intervals.
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES AND
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
Agricultural Universities or
'AUs' are mostly public
universities in India that are
engaged
in teaching, research and exten
sion in agriculture and related
disciplines.
A Kisan Credit Card is a credit card to provide affordable credit for farmers in India. It
was started by the Government of India, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and National Bank
for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in 1998-99 to help farmers access
timely and adequate credit.
The Kisan Credit Card allows farmers to have cash credit facilities without going through
time-consuming bank credit screening processes repeatedly. Repayment can be
rescheduled if there is a bad crop season, and extensions are offered for up to four years.