KRISHAKS
- 1. Sowing Prosperity: Boosting Agricultural Productivity Mangesh Khadase Anup Bagade Pranav Jadhao Sachin Pawar PriyankaRaut BY KRISHAKS
- 2. Agriculture for a better tomorrow… “It is projected that India will need to grow its agricultural output by 12% to feed its people in 2020. Much of this has to come by growing more on the same amount of land. This land, however, is weakening and withering” ------ The Economic times in its edition dated 12th July’2011.
- 3. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 1950 1965 1976 1985 1991 1999 2009 Share of agricultural output in India’s GDP India being an agricultural country 70% of its population resides on agriculture although it contributes only 13% to India’s GDP. With the years passing it’s share in India’sGDP is on the verge of declination. It seems to be a major threat for India’s economy. It is need of the time to boost agriculturalproductivity& to achieve prosperity. • Small and fragmented landholdings • Dependence on the monsoon • Lack of international competitivenessof its produce • Inadequateavailabilityof electricity, fertilizers, irrigationand pesticides • Poor access of the farmers to good roads, market infrastructure, refrigerated transportationof goods • Conversionof agriculturalland for residentialand other land use purposes What causes this? % S h a r e Year
- 4. STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES THREATS  Rich Bio-diversity  Arable land  Climate  Strong and well dispersed research and extension system  Fragmentation of land  Low Technology Inputs  Unsustainable Water Management  Poor Infrastructure  Low value addition  Bridgeable yield crops  Exports  Agro-based Industry  Horticulture  Untapped potential in the N.E.  Unsustainable Resource Use  Unsustainable Regional Development  Imports SWOT Analysis of Indian Agriculture
- 5. How India can be truly Sujalam, Suphalam & Shasyashyamalam? Boost competitiveness of Indianagriculture. Enrich the qualityand status of natural resources. Advance Food security. Enhance scope for comprehensive growth. Proper risk management. Easy access to genetic resources. Develop eminent human resources to overcome challenges. Refine value addition, and processing of food commodities.
- 6. Conserve and promote access to genetic diversity. Improve market intelligencefor prices. Effective policies for enhancing trade. Improve supply- chain efficiencies. Develop and introduce new products. Improve access to genetic resources. Use of IT in supply chain management. Increase food access through improvement in storage, transport and distribution systems. Policies for commercialization of technologies and food processing. Modernize education systems, Capacity strengthening.
- 7. Innovative Farming Techniques: An Overview  Automation:  Modern Equipment :Utilization of modernized equipment to solve labor problem.  Advanced Farming : Use of hybrid seeds(Bt crops), wise use of fertilizers, In-house farming,  Combined Farming: Establish Farmer Groups to adopt share farming.  Organic Farming : Avoid excess use of chemical fertilizers and promote organic fertilizers.  Highway Marketing : Create market for agricultural products.  Logistics Management: A start to end complete logistics for farm produce.  Crop Alternation : Alter the crops to increase the land fertility. Science in Agriculture. Potentialof genetic-resource enhancement. Power of biotechnology. Synergies of frontier sciences. Managementof natural resources
- 8. Three stages of farming Practices to improve Crop yields Choice of seeds For planting 1. Crop variety improvement - Nurturing of the crop 2. Crop production improvement Protectionof the growing crops and harvested crops from loss 3. Crop protection management Enhancement of farm yield
- 9. Promotion of trade through R&D. Developmentin poverty alleviation andhunger reduction. Improved livelihood opportunitiesand better qualityof life. Qualifiedmanpower in Agriculture, Agri-business and Agri-research. Awareness about agriculture as a business. Improved research efficiency. Augmented water resources and irrigationfacilities. Use of AdvancedBiotechnology. What we need to do to accomplish…..?
- 10. Farmers will be self reliant. Increase in output. Increase in farmers’ enthusiasm. Increase in agricultural share in GDP boosting Indian economy. Income security for farmers. Strengthening global competitiveness Impacts of proposed solutions Increase in prosperity
- 11. Low risk taking ability Low productivity Low investment Low value addition Weak market Low margin Challenges , Mitigation Factors & their solutions Solutions • Innovative Farming Techniques • Agricultural Entrepreneurship • Youth Involvement • Self Marketing • Farmer Literacy
- 12. References • The Economic times in its edition dated 12th July’2011. • Challenges facing the Doha Development Round Trade Negotiations On Agriculture by Mr. Devi Dayal (Former Secretary Dept. of Banking ,Ministry of Finance Government of India). • Present Status of Agriculture in India by Sadhana Malhotra • Productivity growth in agriculture: role of globalization and economic reform by Renuka Mahadevan • http://www.icar.org.in