Agricultural productivity increased sharply because of the new technology. India was able to become self-sufficient in food grain production for the first time in decades. It was primarily the medium and large farmers who were able to benefit from the new technology.

A) What is subsistence agriculture? 

B) Who were able to reap the most benefits from Green Revolution and commercialisation of agriculture?

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A) When agriculturists produce primarily for themselves and are unable to produce for the market, it is known as subsistence agriculture.

B) It was the farmers who were able to produce a surplus for the market who were able to reap the most benefits from the Green Revolution and from the commercialisation of agriculture that followed.

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