Question

Which of the following is a problem that resulted from the Green Revolution?
A. Many countries that once had to import food now export food.
B. Pollen from genetically modified crops has entered organic
farmland.
C. Areas that previously suffered from a lack of food now have higher
food production
O D. Many local traditional crop varieties have become threatened by
extinction.

Answer 1

Loss of soil fertility, erosion of soil, soil toxicity, diminishing water resources, pollution of underground water, salinity of underground water, increased incidence of human and livestock diseases and global warming are some of the negative impacts of over adoption of agricultural technologies by the farmers to make the Green Revolution successful.