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Release of the latest issue of The Hindu's annual publication - Survey of Indian Agriculture 2010

The theme of this year's issue is "Need for disaster preparedness in agriculture". There will be a special focus on rural deprivation in India's countryside.

Author : The Hindu
Need for disaster preparedness in agriculture

The survey aims to cover major crops and suggestions to farmers on how to take preventive steps to avoid yield loss. There will also be a special article on improvement in living conditions of the rural people.

Contents

Section-1

Overview:


Enhancing the disaster resilience of agriculture

Prof. M.S. Swaminathan

Drought:

Preparedness to face drought challenges

Dr. V. Rajagopal

Integrated farming:

Integrated farming can alone help farmers'

M.J. Prabu

Risk factors:

Highly vulnerable to risks and uncertainties

Prof. Shabd Swaroop Acharya

Section-2

Food grains, major crops:

Paddy: Imparting climate resilience in rice

Dr. T.K. Adhya

Wheat:

Marching towards enhanced productivity

Drs'. S.S. Singh & S.K. Singh

Section-3

Some other crops:

Pulses: Drought affects pulse production in India

Drs' N. Nadarajan, Sanjeev Gupta and P.S. Basu

Oilseeds:

Need to develop varieties resistant to drought

Dr. D.M Hegde

Spices:

Bio-diversity, of different species

Drs'. V. A. Parthasarathy and K. Kandiannan

Horticulture:

More resource allocation for research necessary

Dr. Sanjay K. Singh

Floriculture:

Plethora of potential waiting to be tapped

Dr. S.C. Sharma and Mrs. Parvati Sharma

Section-4

Generic:

Livestock: Minimising potential risks by early warning strategy

Drs'.K.T. Sampath and A.K. Samanta

Fisheries:

The sector is vulnerable to natural disastrous

Drs. Ayyappan, Y.S. Yadava and B. Meenakumari

Poultry:

From a minor enterprise to a formidable agribusiness

Mr. B. Soundararajan

Research:

Climate change: Managing impacts of global climate change

Dr. Pramod Kumar Aggarwal

Nutrient:

Management for sustainable hi-productive farming

Drs' K. Kumaraswamy and H. Hameed Khan

Post harvest technology:

Need for increased share in global trade

Dr. R.T. Patil

Biotechnology:

Conventional technologies are inadequate

Dr.P.Ananda Kumar

Water & Soil conservation:

Sustainability and ensuring environment security

Dr.V.N. Sharda

Drylands:

Institutional arrangements need to be nurtured

Drs' B. Venkateswarlu and C.A. Rama Rao

Rainfed:

Management skills needed for cropping patterns

Drs' K. Mruthyunjaya Reddy and Y.S. Ramakrishna

Innovation:

Innovations for disaster management

Prof. Anil Gupta

Section-5

Rural poverty:

Self sufficiency: Focus on three thrust areas for self-sufficiency

Dr Abdul Kalam

Small farmer's:

Finding solutions from the past to fight disaster

Mr.P.V Satheesh

Poverty reduction:

Is India's inclusive economic growth: a reality?

Uma Lele and Dr. Manmohan Agarwal

Risk mitigation:

Enhancing capacity of farmers to face disastrous

Dr. Gopi Ghosh and Ms. Sneha Chowrasia

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