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List any two merits and two demerits of the Green Revolution.

Answer:

Merits of Green Revolution:

(i) Compared to the traditional seeds, the ITYV seeds promised to produce much greater amounts of grain on a single plant. As a result, the same piece of land would now produce far larger quantities of food grains than that was possible earlier.

(ii) Increase in agriculture production:

Demerits of Green Revolution:

(i) Poor farmers could not afford HYV seeds, fertilizers and machinery.

(ii) The Green Revolution was limited to rice and wheat only.