5.3 Green Revolution

The Green Revolution was a shift in agriculture from a small farms to larger farms, started in 1940s and really took of in the 1960s

• New Agriculture strategies and practices

• Has positive and negative impacts\

Mechanization - use of machines instead of hand labor

✅ Higher Profit Yield and Profits

✅ Easy to Use

✅ Specialized and upgraded and effiecient

❌ Fossil Fuel issues

❌Compact Soil

❌ Loss of Jobs

High-Yield Variety Crops

✅ Crops can produce higher yields

✅ Better Quality

✅ Shorter Cycle

❌ More Water

❌ Soil Issues

❌ Narrow Genetic diversity

GMOs

✅ Less Pesticides

✅ Saves $

✅ More nutrients

✅ disease risistance

✅ Less pesticides in enviroment

❌ Antibiotic risistance

❌ Seeds Cost more

❌Kills non target species

Sythetic Fertilizer - man made to add nutrients back into soil

✅ Can be customized

✅ Released overtime

✅ Mass produce

✅ Easily Shipped

✅Higher Crop Yield

❌Easily released into runoff

❌Eutrophication

❌Disrupts Nitrogen Cycle

Irrigation - allowed for cultivation of crops in areas previously lacked water

✅ Customizable

✅ Maximizes yield

❌ Depletes FW supplies

❌ Waterlogging

❌Salinization

Pesticides - used to kill insects and other pest (fungi that attacks plants)

✅ Higher Yield

❌ hazardous to user

❌ Hazardous to organisms

❌ Kills beneficial insects

❌ Water Pollution (runoff, loss biodiversity)

5.4 Impacts of Agriculture Practice