Why India needs Second Green Revolution?

India needs second green revolution to bring food security to its billion plus population, to remove distress of farming community and to make its agriculture globally competitive. To achieve these goals, yield rates of foodgrains, pulses, oil seeds, dairying and poultry, horticultural crops, and vegetables need to be enhanced; and forward-backward linkages of agriculture with technology, food processing industry needs to be strengthened to match soil to seed and product to market. High productivity and better value addition by agro-processing are its key parameters.

The change in a farmer’s mindset is also utmost necessary. A farmer typical believes that thetir role is limited to grow crops only. They must be realized that their scope can increase from grain production to food processing and marketing. Further, the farmers need to be encouraged to move to produce crops where they have natural advantage.

This is possible by concerted efforts towards bridging the technology gap and assuring remunerative prices for the produce. It will require new technologies and better farming practices. In this endeavour, marginal and small farmers and raising agricultural productivity in dry areas need special attention without compromising on preserving soil and water resources. This demands proper coordination, implementation and monitoring of the support policies in addition to allocation of resources.