05-18-2012, 06:12 AM
[quote name='Capt M Kumar' date='22 December 2011 - 06:39 AM' timestamp='1324515687' post='114072']
If farmers begin to give up agriculture because it is getting increasingly unremunerative, the country could face a serious food crisis in the years to come. With the countryââ¬â¢s population projected to reach close to 152 crores by 2030, the demand for food alone is expected to be 450 million tonnes. If the farmer-base were to shrink rapidly, it would be a tall order to meet that demand through domestic farm produce and India would have to depend on imported food. [url="http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/50716-mere-lip-service-will-not-help.html"]http://www.dailypion...l-not-help.html[/url]
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If many farmers quit farming, the vaccuum shall get filled by those who manage farming better. After the land mark textile strike, hundreds of mills closed in Mumbai. Better mills with improved technology came up and now the quality of cloth is far, far improved.
Btw, had farming been unremunerative, they would have given up yesterday.
If farmers begin to give up agriculture because it is getting increasingly unremunerative, the country could face a serious food crisis in the years to come. With the countryââ¬â¢s population projected to reach close to 152 crores by 2030, the demand for food alone is expected to be 450 million tonnes. If the farmer-base were to shrink rapidly, it would be a tall order to meet that demand through domestic farm produce and India would have to depend on imported food. [url="http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/50716-mere-lip-service-will-not-help.html"]http://www.dailypion...l-not-help.html[/url]
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If many farmers quit farming, the vaccuum shall get filled by those who manage farming better. After the land mark textile strike, hundreds of mills closed in Mumbai. Better mills with improved technology came up and now the quality of cloth is far, far improved.
Btw, had farming been unremunerative, they would have given up yesterday.