Pros And Cons Of Green Revolution

The Green Revolution had a positive, negative, or possibly both consequences on the way human beings have evolutionized through out the years. Each of these documents specifically proves that whether good or bad the different societies have been able to incorporate a little from what the Green Revolution has left them into their daily lives. The Green Revolution on one-side has ignited the revolution for new ideas and traditions. On the other side the Green Revolution has become a form of destructing the true and only roots for most farmers.

In the period 1945 - 2024 the Green Revolution caused an influx of pollution and global warming and heavily helped more industrialized states. This happened because of the constant use of fossil fuels, waste runoff, and large amounts of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. This led to rises in temperature, contaminated water and vegetation, and lower air quality. During this time Fossil Fuels such as Natural Gases, Coal, and Petroleum were commonly used as a source of energy.

The main concern when population increase is brought up is “how are we going to feed everyone?” The answer to this question is not a new farming technique or a new genetically modified plant that grow at the speed of light. The answer is simply a change in our lifestyle and to stop wasting so much food. My mother and father every weekend go out and buy a weeks’ worth of groceries and a lot of times they buy too much of a food that we already have or they but avocados that will go bad by the time we need to use them. This creates so much unnecessary waste and we are all guilty of it. I once met a woman who lived in France and she told me about how every day after work she bought the groceries she needed for that night and the two benefits to this were that her food was always fresh and she never threw out food. To be honest I had never thought of only buying what you needed for that night it always made sense to me to buy everything at once and get it over with and not have to worry about buy groceries until next weekend. Little did I realize that this is the mindset that causes so much waste because we are simply unaware of the problems that we are creating. The combination of the food waste we throw out as consumers and the food waste that is thrown out by businesses across the globe is 1.3 Billion tons which is over a third of what the globe produces; this is a number that is much

There were many major issues around the world that brought around the start of the Green Revolution. One major cause was the inadequate amount of food in relation to the population. In Doc. 1, a graph is provided that compares the wheat yielded in Mexico and India from 1950-2010. From 1950-1970, the graph shows that Mexico’s crops yielded low amounts of wheat. For India, the graph shows that the crops yielded low amounts of wheat from 1965-1985 which was after the Green Revolution began. The purpose of this graph was to provide the statistics on wheat yielded and how it changed over the decades. The intended audience of this graph was the scientists who wanted to see the progression before and after the revolution. This graph is significant to the topic because it shows that the low amount of wheat yielded

The current global population of 7.6 billion people is expected to reach 11.2 billion in 2100 (UN DESA), and as the Earth’s population continues to grow exponentially, the topic of environmental sustainability is being debated with increased urgency. In the past few years, many large-scale environmental issues have emerged due to human activities: climate change, air and water pollution, rising sea levels, habitat loss, species extinction, and worsening natural disasters are all becoming more and more prevalent. But perhaps our most immediate concern should be whether or not we will be able to continue feeding this ever-increasing population.

The growth of industrialization and of the population were one cause of the Green Revolution. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005, wheat yields in Mexico increased about 3,500 yields per hectare of wheat, and about 2,400 yields in India, from the year 1950 to 2010. During these years, mechanization continued and made it easier to

Today we can just drive with our cars to the supermarket within 3 minutes, we buy for example a prefabricated baguette with lettuce, tomatoes and chicken and we can eat it directly. But what is behind this? Our food production has changed dramatically in the last 40 years. Many people worry about our planet, the pollution and that all our resources could decay one day. One of the biggest problems are that we use 70% of the global water withdraws, we use nearly half of the global land area and 30% of the greenhouse gas emissions come from our agriculture. In the following I will engage myself in the past, present and future of our food growing. I will deal with the problems as well as with the potential solutions.

The Green Revolutionbegan in Mexico, when after world war two the country had major problems with food shortages. New hybrids of wheat and maize were developed, these new varieties were dwarf plants capable of withstanding strong wind, heavy rain and disease, which had been the major cause of the food shortages. When this project started they had no intention of trying to transform the agriculture of other third world countries but, when the yields of wheat and maize increased by three and two times respectively, the seeds were taken to the Indian subcontinent. In 1964, farmers in India were short of food, lacked a balanced diet and had an extremely low standard of living.

Population is expected to reach 9 billion in 2030. At the same time agricultural land is becoming scarcer and poorer in quality. Furthermore, the environmental impact of intensive agriculture and the effects of climate change are threatening food security in many regions of the globe. Further, shortage of fossil fuels will have dramatic effects on the performance of intensive agriculture. There is an urge to develop more ecological agricultural practices both to meet the need to preserve agroecosystems health and to deal with the reduced availability of “cheap” energy from fossil fuels. (Gomiero, T., Paoletti, M., & Pimentel, D. 2008).

With the world’s population continuing to increase, the demand for food is higher than ever. A growing population means more demand on food. “The world population will rise to 9.3 billion in 2050 and surpass 10 billion by the end of this century.” (Sanyal) This should say something about our growing population that is still continuing to grow to this day. This increase in food demand also calls for more efficient ways of growing and providing food without causing any damage to our environment or our health. Two methods that can be effective for this demand are the organic and conventional method.

Over the last decade there has been a major push with the concern over the environment and its effects on climate change. The changes to the environment are blamed on the rise in human population, these changes ultimately led to the establishment of the “green revolution.” “Climate change concerns and an increased international awareness to protect the environment have made adoption of green practices a priority” (Communications Today, July, 2010). Green technology basically is technology that is environmentally friendly and is made and used in a way that uses fewer natural

The world’s population is increasing at a rapid rate. According to Worldometers, by 2050 there will be a need to feed 9.2 billion people globally (http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/). This translates to an increase in global food production by 70 percent to meet the global goal (http://www.populationinstitute.org/resources/populationonline/issue/1/8/). However, current food production methods are not sustainable and the amount of arable lands is decreasing. The agriculture industry experiences different challenges ranging from global to technological aspects. The global aspect is the most prominent challenges experienced and influenced by different factors such as dramatic economic growth in developing nations and urbanization

Over the next forty years, global population is expected to reach nine billion people. This increase in population, combined with expected economic growth, will cause an increase in food demanded and inevitably drain the resources we use for food production. So far, agriculture has been able to respond positively to the rising demand for crop and livestock products. However, farmers are already faced with many new challenges associated with feeding an expanding global population. Farmers must now meet strict new emissions requirements and produce more food on fewer acres while minimizing their environmental footprint. The demand for food is expected to grow substantially in the next couple decades. Some of the factors affecting an increase in food demands are population growth, rising incomes of individuals, food supply factors, and biofuels.

Thurn claims that most of our food production relies on an unsustainable production. His main concern is that we need to increase our food production while at the same time decrease the environmental impact (Thurn, 2015). In around 30 years, the population will increase up to 9.1 billion, therefore, food production must increase by 70%. The challenge is to counterpart the food demand from a larger population to its supply and to do so in ways that are environmentally and socially sustainable. As studies have shown, our food production is unsustainable as we cannot neutralise population growth. Expanding the farming land and utilising fertiliser to increase the output are both questionable methods. (Godfray, Charles, & et al. , 2010, S. 812)

One of the problems that the world will deal with in the future is the inadequate food, water, and energy resources. CSIS identified how these resources are managed as Revolution 2. How they are handled today will significantly determine their availability in the future. Therefore, it calls for sustainable use if we are going to have enough supply to meet the needs of growing human population. Currently, the global human population stands at 6.33 billion (Lambin, Eric and Meyfroidt 3465). It is projected to reach 7.8 billion by 2025 and further, close to 9 billion by the middle of the century. This growth is expected to have social, economic, and political consequences.