"The Green Revolution was criticised by social activists on the ground that the high-yield technology involving the use of mineral fertilizers and chemical pesticides is environmentally harmful. Similarly, some economists felt that the new technologies would bypass small and marginal farmers, for although the technologies are scale-neutral, they are not resource-neutral. This led to my coining the term “ever-green revolution,” to emphasise the need to enhance productivity in perpetuity without ecological harm."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Quoted in
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/M._S._Swaminathan
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
M. S. Swaminathan
Sambasivan Swaminathan (7 August 1925 – 28 September 2023) was an Indian geneticist and international administrator, renowned for his leading role in India's "Green Revolution," a program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice seedlings were planted in the fields of poor farmers.
14 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by M. S. Swaminathan →
Related Quotes
"Agriculture is the backbone of the livelihood security system of nearly 700 million people in the country and we need…"
"Let me make it very clear that the days of cheap food are over, just as the days of cheap oil are over"
"When you take up lab-to-land transfer, you should know the socio-economic circumstances of the farmer. You should not…"
"So there is a big transformation. Also if you see the average lifespan, which was 28–29 in 1947, is now 64–65. In Ker…"
"I followed Swami Vivekananda's teachings when I was young. He said, this life is short, its vanities are transient. H…"
"The right to food has to become the right to good food"
"Eternal vigilance is the price of food security."
"Developing countries can leapfrog several stages in the development process through the application of bio-technology…"
"Norman Borlaug is the living embodiment of the human quest for a hunger free world. His life is his message.""
"Land and water management should be given ‘Number One' priority for achieving evergreen revolution. No less important…"