Evaluate the success of India’s polio eradication campaign and its implications for global health initiatives.
The Green Revolution resulted in a great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) due to the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding variety seeds, beginning in the mid-20th century. The Green Revolution, spreading over the period from 1967-68 to 1977-78Read more
The Green Revolution resulted in a great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) due to the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding variety seeds, beginning in the mid-20th century.
The Green Revolution, spreading over the period from 1967-68 to 1977-78, changed India’s status from a food-deficient country to one of the world’s leading agricultural nations. In India, the Green Revolution was mainly led by M.S. Swaminathan.
It was a period in which Indian Agriculture was converted into an industrial system due to the adoption of modern methods and technology such as the use of HYV seeds, tractors, irrigation facilities, pesticides and fertilizers.
Impacts
- Tremendous Increase in Crop Produce: It resulted in a grain output of 131 million tonnes in the year 1978-79 and established India as one of the world’s biggest agricultural producers.
- The crop area under high yielding varieties of wheat and rice grew considerably during the Green Revolution.
- Reduced Import of Food-Grains: India became self-sufficient in food-grains and had sufficient stock in the central pool, even, at times, India was in a position to export food-grains.
- The per capita net availability of food-grains has also increased.
- Benefits to the Farmers: The introduction of the Green Revolution helped the farmers in raising their level of income.
- Farmers ploughed back their surplus income for improving agricultural productivity.
- Industrial Growth: The Revolution brought about large scale farm mechanization which created demand for different types of machines like tractors, harvesters, threshers, combines, diesel engines, electric motors, pumping sets, etc.
- Rural Employment: There was an appreciable increase in the demand for labour force due to multiple cropping and use of fertilizers.
Conclusion
Overall, the Green Revolution was a major achievement for many developing countries, specially India and gave them an unprecedented level of national food security. It represented the successful adaptation and transfer of the same scientific revolution in agriculture that the industrial countries had already appropriated for themselves.
Political Commitment: The Government of India has always remained steadfastly devoted to the programme of eradication of Vaccine-Preventable-Polio, covering large segments of its population and prioritizing polio eradication as one of the national health objectives. This has also because, in the eveRead more
Political Commitment: The Government of India has always remained steadfastly devoted to the programme of eradication of Vaccine-Preventable-Polio, covering large segments of its population and prioritizing polio eradication as one of the national health objectives. This has also because, in the event of any such instance, a very strong surveillance system has been put in place to identify and effectively tackle any challenges within the region, very efficiently. Low dose polio vaccines were used in extensive house to house and outreach vaccination campaigns to immunize millions of children. Trust building and high immunization coverage are also possible through social mobilization and communication carried out by the community. Funding and specialized support was accessed from external health funding agencies like the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
The success story of polio eradication in India presents positive sides to interventions in global health projects. It is a case in point emphasizing that public health objectives are only attainable with the appropriate leadership, health system and community involvement. These lessons will be crucial when it comes to the message in regard to the increase of acceptable technologies towards the attempts of reducing diseases such as measles and rubella.
The current geopolitical climate has benevolently congratulated the modern vision of health: for its relevance to promote primary health care and develop disease prevention mechanisms to meet future health threats.
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