'Green Revolution' Trapping India's Farmers In Debt : NPR - 0 views
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The new miracle seeds could produce far bigger yields than farmers had ever seen, but they came with a catch: The thirsty crops needed much more water than natural rainfall could provide, so farmers had to dig wells and irrigate with groundwater.
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Jocelyn Popinchalk on 16 Apr 09water use and the Green Revolution - HYV seeds needed more water, led to drilling deeper and deeper wells and lowering water table.
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Another side effect of the groundwater crisis is evident at the edge of the fields — thin straggly rows of wheat and a whitish powder scattered across the soil.The white substance is salt residue. Drilling deep wells to find fresh water often taps brackish underground pools, and the salty water poisons the crops."The salt causes root injuries," Palwinder says. "The root cannot take the nutrients from the soil."
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India has to launch a brand new Green Revolution. But he says this one has to be sustainable.
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sustainable revolution required
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Article about the use of water associated with the Green Revolution