question_answer 28)

  Find out the wrong statement from the following. (a) White revolution is meant for increase in milk production. (b) Blue revolution is meant for increase in fish production. (c) Increasing food production without compromising with environmental quality is called as sustainable agriculture. (d) None of the above

Answer:

  (d) Operation Flood is a project of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) which was the world's biggest dairy development program which made India, a milk-sufficient nation, the largest milk producer in the world. The father of the white revolution in India was Verghese Kurien. The white mentioned is used for milk production. He was able to implement programs that took India from a country with very little dairy production to the world's largest producer. The blue revolution is similar to the green revolution only that it deals with aquaculture and water preservation for human use. In India the blue revolution has been used for several years for fish production, in 1930's, India produced 600,000 tonnes of fish and due to blue revolution, India produced 1.6 million tonnes of fish. It has assisted India to produce more fresh water fish. Sustainable agriculture can be defined as adoption of various farming and production management technique to maximize agricultural need.