Everything you need to know about green revolution !
Q. 1. What is green revolution?
Ans. Green revolution refers to the quantum jump in the productivity of cereals especially wheat and rice through the use of dwarfing genes.
Q. 2. Who is the Owner of green revolution?
Ans. Green revolution is publicly owned technology. The ownership of the green revolution was vested in the farmer.
Q. 3. What are the funding agencies of green revolution?
Ans. Green revolution was funded by Government. It was funded mainly by Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Mexican Government, and International Centre for Wheat and maize Improvement (CIMMYT) and International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. In the beginning, the green revolution program was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Later on other organizations such as the World Bank, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other national and international organizations joined the Rockefeller Foundation to make this program successful. It succeeded in terms of increasing food production in Asia, Latin America, and even parts of the industrialized world such as Great Britain.
Q. 4. What was the accessibility of green revolution?
Ans. The green revolution was accessible to all the farmers and all Nations.
Q. 5. Whether IPR are applicable to green revolution?
Ans. Intellectual Property Rights are not applicable i.e. patenting is not done in case of green revolution.
Q. 6. When did the green revolution take place?
Ans. Though the term green revolution was coined in 1958 in USA, the actual green revolution took place in 1970s after the release of high yielding varieties of wheat and rice.
Q. 7. What was the source of gene transfer in green revolution?
Ans. In case of green revolution, the gene transfer was within the species. The dwarfing gene was transferred from the genotypes of the same species.
Q. 8. What are the methods involved in green revolution?
Ans. Conventional methods such as selection, hybridization and mutation are involved in green revolution.
Q. 9. What’s about the transparency of green revolution?
Ans. There was 100 per cent transparency in case of green revolution.
Q. 10. Who are the beneficiaries of green revolution?
Ans. The green revolution has brought lot of benefits to the farmers, nation and consumers.
Q. 11. Whether bio-safety measures are required for green revolution?
Ans. Bio-safety measures are not required for green revolution.
Q. 12. Whether bio-ethical measures were required for green revolution?
Ans. No, bio-ethical measures were not required for green revolution.
Q. 13. Whether organic farming of end product is permitted?
Ans. Yes, organic farming of end product of green revolution is permitted.
Q. 14. What the end product of green revolution?
Ans. The end products of green revolution are simple varieties.
Q. 15. Whether evolution of super weeds is possible in case of green revolution?
Ans. In case of green revolution evolution of super weeds is not possible.
Q. 16. How much technical skill is required for green revolution?
Ans. In case of green revolution moderate technical skill is required.
Q. 17. How much initial cost of infra-structure is required for starting conventional breeding?
Ans. In case of green revolution the initial cost of infra-structure is very low.
Q. 18. How much time is requirement for developing varieties through conventional methods?
Ans. In case of green revolution the time required to develop new variety is very long as compared to gene technology. It takes 10-12 years for developing new variety.
Q. 19. What types of genes are involved in case of green revolution?
Ans. In case of green revolution, dwarfing genes are involved in developing high yielding varieties.
Q. 20. What was the major emphasis in green revolution?
Ans. In case of green revolution, the major emphasis was on improving the productivity and plant stature.
Q. 21. What were the crops covered by green revolution?
Ans. The green revolution mainly covered cereals, viz. wheat and rice.
Q. 22. What are the advantages of green revolution?
Ans. There are several advantages of green revolution such as:
(i) Higher yield,
(ii) Food security,
(iii) Earliness,
(iv) Lodging resistance, and
(v) Uniform produce.
Q. 23. What are the disadvantages of green revolution?
Ans. The main disadvantages of green revolution include:
(i) Loss of biodiversity
(ii) Poor quality,
(iii) High input requirements,
(iv) Danger of uniformity,
(v) Depletion of resources exploitation of resources, and
(vi) Poor recovery of straw.
Q. 24. Who is known as father of green revolution?
Ans. Dr. Norma E. Borlaug, a Mexican scientist was responsible for green revolution in wheat. Hence, he is rightly called as father of green revolution.
Q. 25. Who is responsible for green revolution in India?
Ans. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Ex-Director General of ICAR is responsible for green revolution in India. Hence, he is called as father of green revolution in India.
Q. 26. What was the source of dwarfing gene in wheat?
Ans. The genotype Norin 10 was the source of dwarfing gene in wheat which was used? for developing high yielding varieties of wheat.
Q. 27. What was the source of dwarfing gene in rice?
Ans. The genotype Dee Geo-Woo-gen was the source of dwarfing gene in rice which was used for developing high yielding varieties of rice.
Q. 28. Where the high yielding varieties of wheat were first developed?
Ans. The high yielding varieties of wheat were first developed at CIMMYT, Mexico and later spread to other countries.
Q. 29. Where the high yielding varieties of rice were first developed?
Ans. The high yielding varieties of rice were first developed by International Rice Research Institute, Philippines and later spread to other countries.
Q. 30. When did the green revolution reach its peak?
Ans. The green revolution reached its peak in 1970s.
Q. 31. What are the features of high yielding varieties?
Ans. The important features of high yielding varieties of wheat and rice include:
(i) Short stature,
(ii) Photo-insensitivity,
(iii) Wider adaptability
(iv) Responsive to fertilizers,
(v) Responsive to irrigation,
(vi) High Co2 fixation efficiency,
(vii) Higher tillering capacity, and
(viii) Uniform produce.
Q. 32. What are the features of traditional varieties of wheat and rice?
Ans. The important features of traditional varieties of wheat and rice include:
(i) Tall stature,
(ii) Photo-sensitivity,
(iii) Narrow adaptation,
(iv) Poor response to fertilizers,
(v) Poor response to irrigation,
(vi) Poor Co2 fixation efficiency, and
(vii) And poor tillering capacity.