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“Aberrations in monsoon behaviour are not uncommon, having been with us throughout our agricultural history.”

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It will be very foolhardy and suicidal for a country like India to forgo food security.

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The purpose of developing a methodology for what they call genetic control over seed, is mainly to ensure that F1 hybrids are pure and…

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Training of farmers in integrated pest management is exceedingly important to protect them during the use of pesticides.

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Without the wholehearted involvement of farmers, particularly of young as well as women farmers, it will be impossible to implement a Food Entitlements Act…

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Where there is a challenge there has to be a response.

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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…

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After the Green Revolution, I came up with the concept of the Evergreen Revolution. In this we will see increase in farm productivity but…

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Where two or more crops are taken normally, it is time to begin preparation for a good rabi crop by assembling the seeds, soil…

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We have to initiate a bio-shield movement along the coastal areas by raising mangrove forests, plantations of casuarina, salicornia, laucaena, atriplex, palms, bamboo and…

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