Food Security

But eventually, food production has outpaced population growth. The promise of Green Revolution did not fully materialize because the social and environmental costs have been equally high in terms of (a) increasing rural indebtedness, (b) negative effects of chemicals on soils, water and human health, (c) the loss of biodiversity and indigenous farming systems, (d) the neglect of poor farmers and marginal lands in favor of better-off farmers in irrigated lands, among others.