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Answer:
The green revolution solved one problem but created new ones
Explanation:
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The Green revolution emerged to deal with malnutrition, but it severly harmed the environment. A) The green revolution solved one problem but created new ones.
What is green revolution?
Green revolution refers to the technical agricultural improvements carried out from the 60s to deal with extreme malnutrition rates derived from the demographic increase.
Among the ventages of the green revolution, we can mention the increase in food production that had a positive effect on the poorest countries affected by malnutrition.
However, the green revolution also lead to some negative aspects, such as
- pollution due to the excessive use of chemicals -pesticides and fertilizers-
- deforestation due to the uncontrolled advance of the agricultural frontier
- excessive use of water needed to maintain cultures
- erosion and soil loss due to monocultures
- political and economical interests that increase even more the differences between countries
- there are still poor and hungry people
The passage refers to all these disadvantages. Even when it was useful to deal with malnutrition, the improvement of techniques and production rates are closely associated with resource depletion, environmental pollution, and destruction. And the principal problem still exists.
Option A. The green revolution solved one problem but
created new ones.
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