Question

What were the positive and negative effects of agricultural revolution?

Answer 1

Some of the positive effects of agricultural revolution are:
1. Great efficiency and productivity- with the technology that came in with agriculturak revolution, production per land area increased.
2. low cost of food products- As the productivity increased, price fell down , making it easy for common people to afford quality food.
3. Less Manual effort- After agricultural revolution, less manual effort was requiredd to work on the same area of field. With this, many people can now also work on something else.

Some of the negative effects of agricultural revolution are:
1. Use of pesticides and insecticides- Pesticides and Insecticides were used to increase production but had many ill-effects on the human body.
2. with less manual effort, many people were left unemployed.
3. Excessive use of groundwater, which decreased the undergroung water level.

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