Sustainability of cropping pattern under the green revolution in Punjab

The success of Green Revolution in Punjab has attracted worldwide attention. Punjab witnessed the Green Revolution in the sixties of the twentieth century. There is no denying fact that Punjab has attained the status of being the granary of the country. It contributes about 60–70 percent of wheat and 50–60 percent of the rice to central pool of the country. As a result the agricultural economy of Punjab had become cereal oriented. This paper reveals that the first and the foremost problem in the sustainability of wheat paddy cropping pattern.