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The Green Revolution was supposed to provide more job opportunities but in the long run, it posed a threat to employment in the rural areas. Applying the strategies of the Green Revolution meant that there were more tasks to be done. Multiple-cropping in a year meant seed beds needed to be prepared frequently. There was also the need to apply fertilisers, spray insecticides and harvest the larger crop output. However, there were also strong incentives for farmers to switch to use of machines to do these tasks. This was because machines were efficient at doing such tasks. In some countries such as Sri Lanka, the government provided tax concessions and rebates as well as subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery. All these motivated farmers to switch to machines and as a result, many farmhands lost their jobs. Thus the rate of rural unemployment increased.