What Is The Green Revolution Persuasive Essay

There has been a recent debate on whether or not the green revolution should be revived. In Bourne’s article, “The End of Plenty” he discusses the green revolution refers to the research and development of technology that allowed for more than double of the average yields of corn, rice, and wheat to be produced between the 1950’s and 1990’s. Although at this time many of the hungry were fed, the green revolution still created problems environmentally. The green revolution is dangerous and should not repeated, it uses pesticides which have made their way into the lives of the population, synthetic fertilizers which damage the soil, and over irrigation that depletes our water table and strips the soil. Organic farming is a much needed solution to the problems presented by the green revolution, and provides many benefits that the green revolution does not. In the article Bourne explained the premise of the green revolution. The green revolution occurred from the mid-1960’s to the mid-1990’s (Bourne 150). In India, many people were dying from lack of food. …show more content…
Even though production is high because of the green revolution, the “ overall food basket is going down”, where there used to be 250 different crops grown the green revolution has largely diminished this number. As a result, many of the people are malnourished and not getting the nutrients they need through these crops alone. Those who have participated in organic farming have all seen an increase of weight(Bourne 155). Organic farming uses compost and the use of rotation to increase the quality of production for farmers. Vandana Shiva, an agroecologist, explains how “using compost instead of natural-gas-derived fertilizer increases organic matter in the soil, sequestering carbon and holding moisture” (Bourne 154). These factors are ways of combatting climate change. Farmers have been able to cut the use of