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Ashok Gulati Calls For A ‘Brown Revolution’: Indian Agriculture Must Focus On Soil Quality
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One of India's leading agricultural economists has called on the government to push the idea of 'brown revolution' in agriculture to significantly improve income of farmers. Ashok Gulati was speaking during the three-day agri-tech meet, GRAM 2016, after Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated the event in Jaipur yesterday (9 November).
"India needs to move from green to gene to brown revolution in agriculture," said Gulati, who is also the Infosys Chair Professor at Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).
Gulati explained:
The agricultural scientist said the world is increasingly adopting technologies that greatly rely on soil quality, and added:
In US states likes Iowa and Illinois, the results of such experiments have been good, Gulati said and that in these states, in maize cultivation for instance, the yields are as high as 11 tonnes per hectare and this has been achieved with lesser irrigation, seed and fertilisers.
He believes Rajasthan can emulate such experiments.
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