In the 1960s,India’spopulation was skyrocketing, and its traditional agriculturewas not producing enough food to support this growth.India had long been visited by famine, but by adopting GreenRevolution practices, the nation avoided mass starvation. Still,Norman Borlaug called his Green Revolution methods “a temporarysuccess in man’s war against hunger and deprivation,”something to give us breathing room in which to deal with whathe called the “Population Monster.” Indeed, in the years sinceintensifying its agriculture, India has added several hundred millionmore people and continues to suffer widespread povertyand hunger.Do you think the Green Revolution has solved problems,deferred problems, or created new ones? Which aspects ofthe Green Revolution do you think help in the quest for sustainability,which do not, and why? Have the benefits of theGreen Revolution outweighed its costs?
In the 1960s,
India’s
population was skyrocketing, and its traditional agriculture
was not producing enough food to support this growth.
India had long been visited by famine, but by adopting Green
Revolution practices, the nation avoided mass starvation. Still,
Norman Borlaug called his Green Revolution methods “a temporary
success in man’s war against hunger and deprivation,”
something to give us breathing room in which to deal with what
he called the “Population Monster.” Indeed, in the years since
intensifying its agriculture, India has added several hundred million
more people and continues to suffer widespread poverty
and hunger.
Do you think the Green Revolution has solved problems,
deferred problems, or created new ones? Which aspects of
the Green Revolution do you think help in the quest for sustainability,
which do not, and why? Have the benefits of the
Green Revolution outweighed its costs?
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