Let science guide the shift to sustainable farming
Based on the science of the time, the Green Revolution brought food security to India. The ~ ₹2,500-crore National Mission on Natural Farming is in step with the government’s stated aim to improve soil health and reduce groundwater/irrigation dependence. The pressing need is for investment in agriculture research and the development of new technologies that can weed out the second-generation problems of the Green Revolution However, the government must make sure that indulgence in natural farming does not hit farm productivity and cause shortages. A recent academic paper from ICRIER pointed out that scientists at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Farming Systems found significant declines in wheat and basmati rice yields under natural farming methods, compared to integrated farming. Sri Lanka’s recent disastrous experiment with chemical-free natural farming that led to a massive foodgrain shortage is a warning not to put all our eggs in the natural farming basket.
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