Role of Research and Development (R&D) in Indian Agriculture
Mousumi Malo
Assistant Director of Agriculture, Model Farm, Jayrambati, Bankura, West Bengal (722 161), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Green revolution, Indian agriculture, Research and development, Sustainability
Abstract
Indian agriculture has been transformed remarkably over the last few decades in reality. Multiple factors such as growth in household income, expansion in food processing, and increase in agricultural exports has facilitated double digit growth to this section. The green revolution is considered to be a significant technological breakthrough that generated a long lasting influence on agriculture in India. However, when it comes to investments in Research and Development, Infrastructure and Technology implementation, a lot more need to be done. With ever increasing supply side constraints, the role of R&D has become increasingly important with the potential to offer long term solutions for Indian agriculture. Farmers’ access to latest researches can help in overcoming issues like seed, pests and diseases problems; crop sustainability; climate change; irrigation problems; soil erosion etc. Earlier, research institutions, agricultural universities, and public sector corporations were important stakeholders in the R&D ecosystem for sustainable agricultural practices.
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