- Deficiency
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without the wholehearted involvement of farmers, particularly of young as well as women farmers, it will be impossible to implement a Food Entitlements Act in an era of increasing price volatility in the international market.
- Farming
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- Nov 07, 2020
Contract farming can be promoted if it is structured on the basis of a win-win situation both for the producer and the purchaser.
- Farming
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- Nov 07, 2020
Farming is the riskiest profession in the world since the fate of the crop is closely linked to the behaviour of the monsoon.
- Grains
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have frequently pointed out that the future belongs to nations with grains and not guns.
- Deficiency
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rice, wheat and other grains can help to address protein-calorie under-nutrition. But only attention to horticulture, milk and eggs can help to overcome hidden hunger caused by the deficiency of micro-nutrients like iodine, iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin B12, etc.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
To ensure food security for all, we should be clear about the definition of the problem, the precise index of measuring impact and the road map to achieve the goal.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
India’s future has to be built on the foundation of social protection of the economically and socially handicapped sections.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Floods will become more serious and frequent in the Indo-Gangetic plains. Drought induced food and water scarcity will become more acute. South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the small islands will be the worst victims.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
India unfortunately has the unenviable reputation of being the home to the largest number of undernourished children, women and men in the world.
- Climate
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- Nov 07, 2020
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. We can classify our crops into those which are climate resilient and those which are climate sensitive. For example, wheat is a climate sensitive crop, while rice shows a wide range of adaptation in terms of growing conditions.
- Coastal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Integrated coastal zone management procedures involving concurrent attention to both the landward and seaward site of the ocean and to coastal forestry and agro-forestry as well as capture and culture fisheries are urgently needed.
- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
When in 1963 we started large-scale research and testing with semi-dwarf varieties of wheat obtained from Mexico through Norman Borlaug, the new plant types attracted media attention immediately.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is talk about the need for a second Green Revolution. However, such a revolution is nowhere in sight.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The National Policy for Farmers calls for a paradigm shift from measuring agricultural progress merely in terms of growth rates, to measuring it in terms of the growth in the real income of farm families.
- Economic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Agriculture can trigger job-led economic growth, provided it becomes intellectually satisfying and economically rewarding.
- Fighter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the privilege of knowing and working with Norman Borlaug - who has been aptly described by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee as the greatest hunger fighter of our time - for nearly 50 years.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020