There are three major innovations nowadays: green revolution, GM food, and sustainable farming. The first two have been proved to be very controversial; however, the last one has more good than harm. (That can explain why we named it sustainable farming)
Green revolution (HYV high yielding variety) Subsistence Rice Farming in the Ganges Valley, India:
* The use of HYVs or high yielding seed varieties, such as IR8, more than trebled food production, giving higher average yields and allowing double or treble cropping;
* Greater use of fertilisers, tractors and mechanised ploughs.…
