01-25-2007, 12:53 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Jan 24 2007, 08:08 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Jan 24 2007, 08:08 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->They should build factories is non-farming lands. They should use minimum land as they do in Japan or Singapore. Land should not be given on subsidize rate.
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It is not just a matter of farm land. It is a matter of reducing pressure on land. Currently 54 million people are dependent on 13 million acres. This is putting enormous pressure on land. Poverty can not be reduced if so many people depend on agriculture. At least 10 % of the current farm land should be moved out of farming
and used to build 300-400 towns with factories, agro industries etc so that the number of people dependent on agriculture can be reduced from the current 54 million to 1 million. This is the only way to reduce poverty.
In the western world only about 2 % of the population lives on agriculture. In West Bengal 68 % does. Such a high percentage is unacceptable and would guarantee permanent poverty. Moreover we would add another 20 million people in the agriculture sector in the next 43 years. So many people on so little land would cause even the agricultural sector to collapse.
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It is not just a matter of farm land. It is a matter of reducing pressure on land. Currently 54 million people are dependent on 13 million acres. This is putting enormous pressure on land. Poverty can not be reduced if so many people depend on agriculture. At least 10 % of the current farm land should be moved out of farming
and used to build 300-400 towns with factories, agro industries etc so that the number of people dependent on agriculture can be reduced from the current 54 million to 1 million. This is the only way to reduce poverty.
In the western world only about 2 % of the population lives on agriculture. In West Bengal 68 % does. Such a high percentage is unacceptable and would guarantee permanent poverty. Moreover we would add another 20 million people in the agriculture sector in the next 43 years. So many people on so little land would cause even the agricultural sector to collapse.