Due to unprecedented growth in population during the last 50 years and lack of employment opportunities in non-farm sectors to accommodate the growing population, a phenomenally large population continues to be dependent on agriculture, leading to fragmentation of land and substantially lower incomes.India's population is 1.1 billion people. By 2020, that could rise to 1.45 billion and by 2050 to 2 billion.Wastelands statistics indicate that about 63.85 million hectares, which account for 20.17% of the total geographical area (328.72 million hectares) exist as wastelands in India.
Any strategy for comprehensive development of agriculture needs innovative rethinking. We should set up private enterprise communes on the lines of the Israeli Kibbutz system. Communes comprise cluster of villages having access to urban/ mandi locations in the South, East, West, and Central India, which suffer most from the Warren Hastings%u2019 settlement system. The concept of free enterprise commune can also be emulated The farmers%u2019 income can be enhanced by maximising the produce and checking waste. Every piece of land must produce a return. If implemented, this plan could bring about the much-needed socio-economic transformation initiated by Mahatma Gandhi. If China could achieve a 20-fold increase in its agricultural output in the past two decades, why should India lag behind?
RE:Whither Farm Sector?
by VENKATARAMAN RAMACHANDRAN on Apr 02, 2008 04:51 PM Permalink
Excellent; can you take some initiative in the interest of the Country and do something for the Society.
