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The biggest value of the native farm breeds is about relationship between humans, the agroecosystem, the culture and the local natural world that we are part of. They also roots us in history; our ancestors speak to us through them. We should listen. ....
Rethinking Revolutions: looking beyond crop productivity to measure agricultural prosperity true The popular notion behind any ‘revolution’ green, yellow, white and blue is the remarkable ability to frame the agrarian crisis in terms of production alone. At a time when doubling farmer’s income in the next five years has become the catch phrase, the policy emphasis is on the oft-beaten approach of boosting crop productivity, reducing the cost of cultivation, expanding the area under irrigation and providing a unified national agricultural market. This makes me wonder: if increasing crop productivity, which is what economists and policy makers have been relentlessly asking for, then why is Punjab, the food bowl of India, faced with a terrible agrarian crisis? In a State that has 98 percent assured irrigation and where the per hectare yields of wheat and rice match international levels I see no reason why farmers should be dying. Is there something that I am ....