industryterm:food grain production

  • The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : GM crops are no way forward
    http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3812825.ece?homepage=true

    Food security is not about production alone; it is also about bio-safety, and access to food for the poorest

    We are predominantly an agricultural economy, with the agricultural sector providing employment and subsistence to almost 70 per cent of the workforce. There have been some remarkable contributions from the agriculture sector to food grain production in the last six decades, when from a meagre 50 million tonnes in the 1950s, the country has been able to produce a record 241 million tonnes in 2010-2011. Despite these achievements, the condition of the farming community is pitiable considering that 70 per cent of our farmers are small and marginal, and there is a complete absence of pro-farmer/pro-agriculture policies which has led us to an environment of very severe agrarian distress.

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