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New Plant Breeding Techniques and Current Trends in Plant Breeding Research
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Durgesh, Kumar Mishra, Gyan P. Joshi, Rekha Tomar, S. M. S. |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | India has progressed well on food production from 51 million tonnes (mt) in 1947, 286 mt in 2018-2019 owing to the largest contribution from wheat and rice (about 213 mt). But simultaneously our population has also grown to about 135 billion in 2018. Therefore, the impact of higher production is not realized in absolute terms. Indian agriculture has come a long way since independence achieving food security in major crops, declining rate of rural poverty, rise in agricultural incomes and nutrition levels have gone up. Higher production has also been recorded in sugar, cotton, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, milk, fisheries and poultry. All this has made us a proud with achieving self-sufficiency in food security. However, on the socio-economic front, the picture does not become rosy as we have a lower strength of socio-economic development indicators even among developing countries. Still the reports of under nourishment, hunger and poverty rings the bell. However, the importance of agriculture cannot be negated because it provides sustenance to mankind, food and employment to all. Considering the emerging challenges of climate change impacting agricultural productivity and increasing variability, poor investment in research, skill development of farmers, post-harvest losses etc. New strategies and innovations in agriculture, particularly on the development of climate resilient varieties with high productivity and better nutritive quality are called for, which has to be led by structural reforms and infrastructural augmentation. Book Name: Innovations in Agriculture for a Self-Reliant India |
| Related Links | https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/chapters/edit/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.1201/9781003245384-5&type=chapterpdf |
| Ending Page | 56 |
| Page Count | 24 |
| Starting Page | 33 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9781003245384-5 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2021-11-29 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Innovations in Agriculture for a Self-reliant India Food Security Structural Poverty Nutrition Development Indicators Plant Breeding Higher Production Agriculture |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
