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Reorienting Indian Agriculture
Raj S. Paroda
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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Technik
Beschreibung
Despite multiple revolutions, daunting challenges face agriculture. How can it address poverty and hunger, including malnutrition? How much is it responsible for degradation of natural resources (soil, water, agrobiodiversity) and climate change? How can agricultural diversification, and secondary and speciality agriculture help in improving productivity, sustainability and farmer income? Can integrated natural resource management (including conservation agriculture, innovative extension, agricultural education and an enabling policy environment) help achieve resilience and faster agricultural growth? This book sketches a journey from green to an evergreen revolution through reorientation of Indian agriculture to address emerging challenges. It covers global agriculture, genetic resource management, crop breeding (including biotechnology), seed production technology, agronomy, innovative extension, motivation of youth (including women), climate change and policy reforms for improving farmers' income. It provides insight into: - India's agricultural scenario, and the strength of agricultural research for development. - Better ways of managing natural resources for sustainable farming systems. - Climate-smart, diversified and resilient agriculture for improved productivity and income. - The need to reorient research, development and related policies concerned with agricultural research and innovation for development (ARI4D) to harness new opportunities This book is for researchers, students and policymakers interested in agricultural policy, increased food production, rural development and natural resource management, especially: general agriculture, genetic resources, crop breeding, seed development, agricultural biotechnology, agronomy, international agriculture, climate change and sustainable agriculture.
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Dr. Paroda's magnificent book 'Reorienting Indian Agriculture' will inspire policymakers, researchers, the media and many others for years to come as they study the primary sector and agri-food value chains, and design and implement policies and programs for sustainable agriculture and food security for all. The book offers one of the most comprehensive treatments of its subject in print today. It explains multiple aspects of sector performance and links them to underlying 'fundamentals', including natural resource endowments, integrated natural resource management practices, agricultural research and extension, the conservation of genetic resources, and the seed sector's growth. The book covers policy and institutional reforms for accelerated, 'inclusive' agricultural growth, ending with a thought-provoking chapter entitled 'Change We must - But Change is Difficult'
This book is a triumph. It makes a convincing argument that agriculture remains central to the lives and livelihoods of the great majority of households in India inthe foreseeable future. The book masterly navigates the agricultural transformation evolution, current and future challenges as well as opportunities. It is remarkably comprehensive in its coverage and a testimony to the author'
Every policymaker and researcher interested in India'
Reorienting Agriculture is a tour de force. It neatly encapsulates in one, well-structured volume, the entire array of India's impressive strides in improving its agriculture sector, while offering incisive commentary on how sustainable agriculture can deliver the next generation of development dividends to end hunger, malnutrition, poverty and environmental degradation in our lifetime. Using evidence-based approaches, the book's menu of policy reforms offers fresh insights on boosting productivity, revitalizing education, fighting climate change, and more. The book will find broad appeal among academicians, scientists, policy makers, business leaders, civil society and others who are working to grasp the opportunities for accelerating growth in India'
