Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order to form a coherent paragraph, then answer the question below: (A) The Green Revolution of the 1...

Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order to form a coherent paragraph, then answer the question below:
(A) The Green Revolution of the 1960s brought about a marked improvement in the yield of agricultural crops such as rice and wheat.
(B) India saw a threefold increase in rice yield per hectare.
(C) It was based on the use of newly developed high-yielding crop varieties in conjunction with the intense use of irrigation, chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
(D) Now, 50 years later, some negative effects of this intense methodology are becoming apparent - nitrogen fertilisers pose environmental hazards, and agricultural soil is increasingly fatigued.
(E) Subsequently, to obtain more food for the world’s growing population, forests and grasslands would have to be converted to farms in order to produce food.
Question: Which of the following should be the FOURTH statement after rearrangement?