|
New Delhi, April 10:: this is going to be one of the most urgent challenges of our times. Therefore, it is important that the world community tackles this problem head-on. We need a Second Green Revolution. We need new technologies, new organisational structures, new institutional responses and, above all, a new compact between farmers, technologists, scientists, administrators, businessmen, bankers and consumers. The global community and global agencies must fashion a collective response that leads to a quantum leap in agricultural productivity and output so that the spectre of food shortages is banished from the horizon once again" he said
Singh said that institution building, capacity building, empowering farmers through investment in their capabilities were the kind of interventions needed. Even in promoting agri-business and agro-industries the model should combine the economics of small farms with the economics of mass production and modern marketing, he said and added, "I sincerely believe that some of the solutions to the problems of Indian agriculture are to be found outside agriculture."
On Wednesday the Union Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar had announced launching of a pilot project with a budget of Rs 400 million for promoting agro-industries....
More from Economy
| Single Page Format | Previous - 1 - 2 |
Discuss this story on expressindia forums
|
|
 |
 |
 |
About Us | Contact Us | Advertisers | Site Map | Make us your homepage | Work for Us | RSS | Subscribe | Electronic Edition | Privacy Policy© 2009: The Indian Express Limited. All rights reserved throughout the world
