Which of the following best explains the Green Revolution's highly variable level of success in increasing agricultural yields?

Question

During the Green Revolution, agricultural practices from more developed countries diffused to less developed countries in Asia and Africa. Which of the following best explains the Green Revolution's highly variable level of success in increasing agricultural yields?

A. Persistent famine has occurred in India since new technologies associated with the Green Revolution were implemented because only the wealthy could afford the increased cost of the improved strains of rice.

 

 B. Small-scale farmers in Asia often lacked the resources necessary to acquire the hybrid seeds and the chemical inputs to grow them, leaving large gaps in the success of the Green Revolution outside of urban cores.

 

 C.  The increased yield of the Green Revolution in sub-Saharan Africa decreased the incidence of famine, but the program was unsuccessful in India because of poor soil quality.

 

  D. The Green Revolution was not successful in China because the strain of rice produced was prone to widespread crop failures, and China dropped out of the program.

 

Answer 1

B. Even though India was one of the places where the green revolution began, the material required to increase production of food such as Hybrid seeds and chemical chemical fertilizers are far to expensive for the subsistence Farmers found in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and south east Asia.