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Indian Agriculture: Tradition, Colonialism and the Green Revolution
Environmental Science · Chapter 11 · Section B - 5. Sustainable Agriculture
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- Types of agriculture: traditional, natural farming, organic, modern, gene revolution and sustainable agriculture
- Irrigation: macro (canals, dams) versus micro (sprinkler, drip, dug wells) systems; traditional rainwater harvesting - tankas, khadins, ahar-pynes, zings, johads, eris
- Pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial agriculture; impact of colonialism; the Bengal famine
- Green Revolution: origin, principles (HYVs, fertilisers, pesticides, monocropping) and its environmental, social and economic impacts
- Land reform: need, advantages, failures and successes