Farm Research in India has produced far more words and phrases than grains and greens. Per NAC we should have reached 240 mts in foodgrains production in 2000 itself - a level we may not reach even by 2010. Green( i.e. wheat) revolution levelled off two decades ago. Our agricultural growth has shown a dismal growth at an erratic average of 2%pa and is a big drag on an otherwise booming economy. Much of the growth in foodgrains has been due to diversion of land and other resources to those crops as a result of procurements at favourable prices and not due to any spectacular advancement in yield which are no where near the world best. Thus it is farm research that has failed India. All that we can boast of is developing varieties of mexican wheat suitable to our conditions. Market oriented White revolution continues to grow, Poultry has made remarkable progress so also fisheries. We must actually we moving beyond revolution- to sapare sufficient land and resources for other crops- like oilseeds, feeds, fodder,fruits and fuel etc. Geographically we are located at an strategic place from where we can feed hungry Africa and fill markets with value added food products.
