Hindu survey of Indian agriculture 2000

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Agricultural Products Division; 1998Description: 208p. ( )Subject(s):

Agriculture survey 2000

DDC classification:

338.1 HIN 1999

Summary: A farmer in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu is tying up a bundle of freshly reaped paddy stalks as two young girls admiringly look at the bountiful harvest. The dawn of the new millennium poses tough challenges to the farming community. Producing more food to feed the burgeoning population from shrinking land and less water, without eroding the ecological foundation, will be an uphill task. The surest means to tide over this challenge is through environmentally sustainable farming meth ods, which are economically rewarding and intellectually stimulating. Given adequate policy sup port, the several million farming families can be expected to rise to the occasion to provide the food and nutrition security for the nation. They will thus demonstrate the resilience and stability of Indian agriculture.

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A farmer in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu is tying up a bundle of freshly reaped paddy stalks as two young girls admiringly look at the bountiful harvest.

The dawn of the new millennium poses tough challenges to the farming community. Producing more food to feed the burgeoning population from shrinking land and less water, without eroding the ecological foundation, will be an uphill task.

The surest means to tide over this challenge is through environmentally sustainable farming meth ods, which are economically rewarding and intellectually stimulating. Given adequate policy sup port, the several million farming families can be expected to rise to the occasion to provide the food and nutrition security for the nation. They will thus demonstrate the resilience and stability of Indian agriculture.

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