A White Touch To A Green Revolution BY PAVITHRAN
A Tribute to Verghese Kurien – November 26, 2021 was celebrated in Anand, Gujarat as the 100th Birth Anniversary of Verghese Kurien, the Leader of India’s White Revolution, which increased the incomes of the wealth of millions of cattle-owning small farmers in India, many of them women. Preface: An article written by Arun Maira was published in The Hindu Newspaper dated 03 – 12 – 2021 and my essay below was based on the issues raised there. Here White Touch means – Milk Revolution Touch as envisaged and implemented by Gujarat Anand Amul Fame Verghese Kurien who is the leader of White Revolution. Green Revolution means the Increased Agricultural Productions in India by increasing the output of agricultural produces by introducing modern farming, increased use of chemical fertilizers, and also constructions of dams and irrigation systems resorting to Monocropping on fields requiring seeds, fertizer, water etc. on scale. In Verghese Model of White Revolution, the emphasis was not on outpu...