1. The Aggressive
Aggies!!!
• AMIR MALIK
• MOHIT DOGRA
• SOMESH KATIYAR
• RAVI KUMAR
• SANDEEP SINGH
CHANDIGARH GROUP OF COLLEGE

2. India’s Energy Source Production

3. A Recommended PlateA Typical Indian Plate
We consume more agriculture product than other food groups

4. OUR PRODUCTIVITY
IS NOT OPTIMAL

5. Boosting of
FARMERS’
MORALE

6. Development of Indian Agriculture : Basic
Issues
 Revitalization of Cooperative Institutions
 Improving Rural Credits
 Research, Education & Extension
 Human Resources Development
 Trade & Export Promotion
 Land Reforms
 Enabling Environment for higher Agricultural
Growth

7. Better INBRED & HYBRID Seeds
 Inbreds for the different
environments
 Hybrids that also
perform well during wet
season; can yield up to
12 t/ha
a minimum yield increase of
1mt/ha using hybrid rice in the
800,000 ha irrigated rice areas in
the country can result in an
additional rice production of 1.6
mt of palay (960,000 mt milled
rice; usual importation
is 600,000 mt)

8. Better Crop Mgt
 Efficient use of fertilizer (& water)
 Use of farm machines
 Use of PalayCheck system

9. The Global Food and Agriculture System
The 21st Century Challenges:
 Feed a growing, more prosperous world – and hopefully better than we
have in the past
 Increase food output 50% by 2025
 More than double by 2050
 Contribute to national energy security in many countries
 Preserve/enhance the environment
 Maintain the rural cultural heritage
With these constraints:
 While using the same or fewer resources
 And, do this against t he backdrop of global climate change!

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11. India’s position in world Agriculture
Rank
 Total Area Seventh
 Irrigated Area First
 Population Second
 Economically Active population Second
 Total Cereals Third
 Wheat Second
 Rice Second
 Coarse grains Fourth
 Total Pulses First
 Oil Seeds Second
 Fruits and Vegetables Second
 Implements (Tractors) Third
 Milk First
 Live Stock (castles, Buffaloes) First

12. 4%
56%
8%
32%
-1%
Distribution by region
Population growth by 2025

13. 50%
40%
4%
8%
-2%
Distribution by region
Population growth by 2050

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Unprecedented global prosperity

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India’s growth continues

17. Renewable fuel
 Many national governments are adding a new task for
the agriculture system: help increase energy security
 Driven by varied objectives:
 Reduced foreign energy dependence
 Environmental enhancement
 Rural development – farm support
 Directed by public policy (subsidies, mandates, R&D
investment, tariffs)

18. The environmental challenge
 Protect the natural resource base
 Prevent degradation of the land
 Improve air quality
 Develop more efficient water use, improve quality
 Improve wildlife habitat
 Avoid biodiversity loss
 Cultural protection aspect (viewscapes, farm structure, practices)
 Post-Industrial Challenge: increase productivity - reduce intrusion

19. Growing resource constraints
 Much of world’s total arable area already in use – the
most fertile requiring least investment
 Most remaining land has serious soil and terrain
constraints
 Some covered in forests, in protected areas
 Characteristics difficult for agriculture – low soil fertility, high
toxicity, hilly and other difficult terrain – human and animal
disease, poor infrastructure
 Most located in Africa and Latin America (70% suffers soil and
terrain constraints)
 Further expansion is controversial – could jeopardize
fragile lands
 Will require considerable capital investment
Source: FAO
Produce more with less…
Land | Water | Labor

20. Growing resource constraints
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Produce more with less…
Land | Water | Labor

21. Growing resource constraints
 70% of world’s freshwater is used by agriculture
 90% in India and China
 30 developing countries already facing growing water
shortages
 Water and population unevenly distributed – by 2025:
 1.8 bil. people will live in areas with absolute water scarcity
 2/3rds of world population will live in ‘water-stressed’ areas
 Rainfed agriculture practiced on 80% of cultivated land –
accounts for 60% of world’s food
 Irrigation can increase yields of most crops two-to-four fold
 New irrigation technologies can reduce water use 30% to
60% over surface irrigationSource: UN-Water and FAO
Produce more with less…
Land | Water | Labor

22. Water use and soil management
 According to FAO estimates, as much as 40 per cent of the world’s
food is grown using irrigation, but large amounts of this water is lost
to leakage in the irrigation system itself. Improper irrigation is also a
major cause of soil salinity. Roughly one tenth of the world’s
irrigated land has been damaged by salt. With the threat of climate
changes, more and more regions of the world are also at risk of
drought and desertification. Improved irrigation practices will help
conserve water and protect vulnerable land.

23. WE ARE WASTING
AWAY TOO MUCH

24. Final comments
 Longer term business backdrop likely to be much different
 Pace of global economic growth is key
 Growing global emphasis on agriculture/infrastructure
 System struggling for awhile – market volatility
 Productivity growth (technology) critical
 Presents opportunities
 Growing globalization (despite current sentiments)
 Production facilities location
 Customer base expanding
 Product trade (food, fuel, forestry) expanding
 Technology dissemination emphasis
 Growing importance of policy drivers
 Premium on greater agility/flexibility
 Plus hangover effect of past bad policies (energy, food)

25. Control of Insect Pests
 Insect pests are another serious threat to productivity. They can
devastate crop yields and transmit disease to both crops and
livestock. Conservative estimates put losses of food production in
the range of 25–35 per cent, even with use of pesticides. Moreover,
there are concerns that reliance on pesticides to maintain yields not
only has neg- ative impacts on the environment, but may also lead
to the insects developing resistance to the pesticides themselves.
Through its Insect and Pest Control programme, the Agency is
using nuclear science to develop environmentally friendly
alternatives for pest control. One of the most successful techniques
developed to date is the sterile insect technique (SIT).

26. Messages:
RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION
• Consume just the right amount for better health
• Try alternative food staples for better health
• Eat better for better health
• Reduce food wastage for rice self-sufficiency

27. OUTPUT/IMPACT
 United country in achieving rice self-sufficiency
 Confident/proud farmers and higher regard for Filipino
farmers
 Increased productivity of farmers who lack access to
information on latest rice technologies
 Healthier rice consumers
 Reduced rice wastage
 Reduced amount of imported rice or ultimately…
PRODUCTION SELFSUFFICIENCY!

28. THANKS
• Amir Malik
• Mohit dogra
• SOMESH KATIYAR
• RAVI KUMAR
• SANDEEP SINGH
CHANDIGARH GROUP OF COLLEGE