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Read the following passage and complete the statements/answer the question by choosing the best options from the given ones.
1. Rural India faces serious shortages - power, water, health, facilities, roads etc. These are known and recognized. However, the role of technology in solving these and other problems is barely acknowledged and the actual availability of technology in rural areas is marginal. The backbone of the rural economy is agriculture, which also provides substance to over half the country's population. The 'Green Revolution' of the 1970s was, in fact, powered by the scientific work in various agricultural research institutions. While some fault the Green Revolution for excessive exploitation of water and land resources through overuse of the fertilisers , it did bring about a wheat surplus and prosperity in certain pockets of the country.
2. In rural India today, there is a dire inadequacy of both science(i.e. knowledge) and technology (which derives from science and manifests itself in physical from). The scope to apply technology to both farm and non-farm activities in rural areas is huge, as are the potential benefits. In fact, crop yields are far lower than what they are in demonstration farms, where science and technology are more fully applies. Technologies that reduce power consumption of pump are vital; unfortunately, their use in minimal, since agricultural power is free or largely subsidised. Similarly, there is little incentive to optimise - through technology or otherwise - water use, especially in irrigated areas (a third of total arable land), given the water rates.
3. Post harvest technologies for processing and adding value could greatly enhance rural employment and incomes but at present deployment of technology is marginal. Cold storage and cold chains for transportation in market are of great importance for many agriculture products particularly, fruits and vegetables but are non-existent. These are clearly technologies with an immediate return on investment, and benefit for all, the farmers, the end-customer, the technology provider.
Read the following passage and complete the statements/answer the question by choosing the best options from the given ones.
1. Rural India faces serious shortages - power, water, health, facilities, roads etc. These are known and recognized. However, the role of technology in solving these and other problems is barely acknowledged and the actual availability of technology in rural areas is marginal. The backbone of the rural economy is agriculture, which also provides substance to over half the country's population. The 'Green Revolution' of the 1970s was, in fact, powered by the scientific work in various agricultural research institutions. While some fault the Green Revolution for excessive exploitation of water and land resources through overuse of the fertilisers , it did bring about a wheat surplus and prosperity in certain pockets of the country.
2. In rural India today, there is a dire inadequacy of both science(i.e. knowledge) and technology (which derives from science and manifests itself in physical from). The scope to apply technology to both farm and non-farm activities in rural areas is huge, as are the potential benefits. In fact, crop yields are far lower than what they are in demonstration farms, where science and technology are more fully applies. Technologies that reduce power consumption of pump are vital; unfortunately, their use in minimal, since agricultural power is free or largely subsidised. Similarly, there is little incentive to optimise - through technology or otherwise - water use, especially in irrigated areas (a third of total arable land), given the water rates.
3. Post harvest technologies for processing and adding value could greatly enhance rural employment and incomes but at present deployment of technology is marginal. Cold storage and cold chains for transportation in market are of great importance for many agriculture products particularly, fruits and vegetables but are non-existent. These are clearly technologies with an immediate return on investment, and benefit for all, the farmers, the end-customer, the technology provider.
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