Doubling Farmers’ Income (I): Modernizing Agriculture

Objectives

  • Modernize agricultural technology, increase productivity, efficiency and crop diversification.
  • Generate income and employment through a paradigm shift that ensures food security while maximizing value addition in agriculture.

Current Situation

  • The existing yield levels of a majority of crops remains much lower than the world average.
  • Close to 53 per cent of cropped area is water stressed. Rainwater management practices and services are resource starved.
  • Inefficient extension delivery systems have led to the presence of large yield gaps as well. Yield gaps exist at two levels in India. First, there is a gap between best scientific practices and best field practices. The second gap exists between ....

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