Assertion (A): Small farmers feared the green revolution at first.
Reason (R): HYV crops faced a greater risk from pests, and a lost crop could ruin a small farmer.

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The new seeds needed costly inputs and carried more risk; small farmers had the least to fall back on.
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Assertion (A): Small farmers feared the green revolution at first.Reason (R): HYV crops faced a greater risk from pests, and a lost crop could ruin a small farmer.

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Assertion (A): Small farmers feared the green revolution at first.
Reason (R): HYV crops faced a greater risk from pests, and a lost crop could ruin a small farmer.