Editing Sikhs (section)

==Agriculture==
Historically, most Indians have been farmers and 66 per cent of the Indian population are engaged in [[agriculture]].<ref>{{cite news
| title = World Bank Loan for India Farmers
| work = BBC News
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6245366.stm
| access-date = 4 April 2008 | date=27 June 2007}}</ref> Indian Sikhs are employed in agriculture to a lesser extent; India's 2001 census found 39 per cent of the working population of the Punjab employed in this sector.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://punjabgovt.nic.in/ECONOMY/AGRICULTURE_ALLIED.HTM|title=Agriculture and Allied Sector {{!}} Economy and Infrastructure|last=Government of Punjab|work=Government of Punjab|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310012330/http://punjabgovt.nic.in/ECONOMY/AGRICULTURE_ALLIED.HTM <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=10 March 2008|access-date=4 April 2008}}</ref> According to the Swedish political scientist [[Ishtiaq Ahmed (political scientist)|Ishtiaq Ahmad]], a factor in the success of the [[Indian green revolution]] was the "Sikh cultivator, often the [[Jat Sikh|Jat]] and Kamboj or Kamboh, whose courage, perseverance, spirit of enterprise and muscle prowess proved crucial."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_8-2-2005_pg3_2|title=West and East Punjab Agriculture: A Comparison {{!}} Comment|last=Ishtiaq|first=Ahmad|author-link=Ishtiaq Ahmad (political scientist)|date=8 February 2005|work=Daily Times|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203090650/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_8-2-2005_pg3_2|archive-date=3 February 2008|access-date=4 April 2008}}</ref> However, Indian [[physicist]] [[Vandana Shiva]]<ref>{{cite web
| author = Guus Geurts Studentnummer
| title = The cause and effects of the Green Revolution in Punjab (India) – critical analysis of "The Violence of the Green Revolution" by Vandana Shiva (1991)
| publisher = Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen
| date = 5 March 2001
| url = http://www.guusgeurts.nl/inhoud/artikelen/EssayVandanaShiva.doc
| format = [[Microsoft Word|MS Word]]
| access-date = 12 September 2007
| archive-date = 26 March 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090326031348/http://www.guusgeurts.nl/inhoud/artikelen/EssayVandanaShiva.doc
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> wrote that the green revolution made the "negative and destructive impacts of science (i.e., the green revolution) on nature and society" invisible and was a catalyst for Punjabi Sikh and Hindu tensions despite a growth in material wealth.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}