Question

Find out the incorrect statement from the following.

• A. White revolution was meant for increase in milk production
• B. Blue revolution was meant for increase in fish production
• C. Increasing food production without compromising with environmental quality is called sustainable agriculture
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is D None of these

• None of the above statements are wrong.

White Revolution or Operation Flood was started by Sir Verghese Kurien. It has created a milk grid which connected milk producers throughout India with consumers over 700 cities and towns. It helped the dairy farmers to have control of the resource created by them by reducing the regional and seasonal price variations and other malpractices like middlemen. White revolution's main objectives included: Increased milk production, an increase in rural income and fair price for the consumer.
Blue Revolution means a remarkable increase in the production of fish and marine products. It saw the emergence of aquaculture as one of the most important forms of agricultural activity. Aquaculture means all forms of active culture of animals and plants living in marine, brackish or freshwater. The Blue revolution was launched by Union Minister for agriculture Mr. RadhaMohan Singh.
Sustainable agriculture - There is one sector that has continuously impacted the environment that sector is agriculture. For the human race to sustain there is a lot dependent on environment-friendly agriculture. We have been doing intensive agriculture, using loads of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and harming the environment. India is facing a food crisis due to the massive and regular destruction of farmlands. Therefore, sustainable agriculture focuses mainly on -

a) To stop the usage of chemical fertilizers and give way to ecological means of cultivation thus preventing- the degradation of soil, food from toxins and carbon footprints.
b) to stop the promotion of genetically engineered crops as they pose a threat to human health and degrades the food quality.
Therefore all the above statements are correct.