Following are some of the new alternatives which may infuse new vitality in Green Revolution:
1. Green Revolution should be popularised in new agricultural areas of the country by developing new HYV seeds suitable to micro ecological conditions especially in respect of coarse grains, pulses, oil seeds and cash crops.
2. Keeping in mind the current requirements greater attention should be focused to increase the production of pulses and oil seeds.
3. In a densely populated country like India such technology should be adopted under Green Revolution which is cheap and more labour absorbing.
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4. To make Green Revolution more effective new agricultural strategy should be prepared on the basis of agro-climatic regions and their en vironmental conditions.
5. For conservation of water resources there is a need for new water management policy in irrigation which should not only discourage the cultivation of such crop varieties which consume more water but encourage sprinkle irrigation, drip-irrigation or bewail irrigation. In future water is going to be most scarce commodity and, hence, greater care should be taken to conserve it and avoid its misuse.
6. To avoid the ill effects of chemical fertilisers greater reliance should be placed on the use of bio-fertilisers like Rhizobium and blue green algae (GA) etc. Similarly friendly bacteria and pests should replace pesticides and insecticides to control environmental pollution.
7. In India about 70% of the cropped area lies under dry farming. Upsilon Green Revolution has made its access to only areas of assured irrigation. Under new strategy it should also be popularised in dry farming areas.
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8. There should be efforts to preserve biodiversity to conserve our agricultural heritage. This can be done developing more and more crop varieties by using new scientific techniques.
9. There is an urgent need to revamp cooperatives which should not only provide credit facilities to small and marginal farmers but make available agricultural implements and machineries to be used on hire basis.
10. There should be a balanced pricing policy which should make agriculture profitable and attract greater investment.
11. Lastly as envisaged by Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, the father of Green Revolution in India, in case of Punjab there should be proper improvement in infrastructural facilities to pave the way for new agricultural revolution. This may include land reforms, improvement in tenancy system, rural transport and communication, rural electrification, banking, marketing and storage facilities, crop insurance, agricultural training and research etc.
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To sum up it can be stated that Green Revolution had decisive role in affecting the current development of the Indian agriculture. This has enabled country to achieve self-sufficiency in respect of food grains and avoid the humiliation of import. But another aspect of equal importance is food security which needs our paramount attention to improve the quality of life of the people especially of down trodden and weaker section of the society.
Efforts should be made so that gains of Green Revolution should reach to the lowest level of the society. So for as the adoption of new agricultural technology is concerned it should be introduced after careful study of the Indian socio-economic conditions. If needed there should be adequate modification in borrowed technology to suit the Indian conditions.
The agricultural development should lead to the elimination of socio-economic disparity amongst the people, improve their quality of life and lead to all round development of their personality. To achieve these goals, according to some agricultural scientists, India needs another Green Revolution in near future.
Due to its vast size and physic.-cultural diversity the spatial pattern of the Indian agriculture is full of complexity. Not only different crops are grown in different parts of the country but there is marked regional disparities in the levels of agricultural productivity, agricultural efficiency, cropping intensity, crop concentration, crop diversification, cropping pattern and crop combination etc. Here an attempt has been made to throw light on these aspects of the Indian agriculture.