Need for disaster preparedness in agricultureThe 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
Enhancing the disaster resilience of agriculture
Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
Preparedness to face drought challenges
Dr. V. Rajagopal
Integrated farming can alone help farmers'
M.J. Prabu
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
Marching towards enhanced productivity
Drs'. S.S. Singh & S.K. Singh
Section-3
Pulses: Drought affects pulse production in India
Drs' N. Nadarajan, Sanjeev Gupta and P.S. Basu
Need to develop varieties resistant to drought
Dr. D.M Hegde
Bio-diversity, of different species
Drs'. V. A. Parthasarathy and K. Kandiannan
More resource allocation for research necessary
Dr. Sanjay K. Singh
Plethora of potential waiting to be tapped
Dr. S.C. Sharma and Mrs. Parvati Sharma
Section-4
Livestock: Minimising potential risks by early warning strategy
Drs'.K.T. Sampath and A.K. Samanta
The sector is vulnerable to natural disastrous
Drs. Ayyappan, Y.S. Yadava and B. Meenakumari
From a minor enterprise to a formidable agribusiness
Mr. B. Soundararajan
Climate change: Managing impacts of global climate change
Dr. Pramod Kumar Aggarwal
Management for sustainable hi-productive farming
Drs' K. Kumaraswamy and H. Hameed Khan
Need for increased share in global trade
Dr. R.T. Patil
Conventional technologies are inadequate
Dr.P.Ananda Kumar
Water & Soil conservation:
Sustainability and ensuring environment security
Dr.V.N. Sharda
Institutional arrangements need to be nurtured
Drs' B. Venkateswarlu and C.A. Rama Rao
Management skills needed for cropping patterns
Drs' K. Mruthyunjaya Reddy and Y.S. Ramakrishna
Innovations for disaster management
Prof. Anil Gupta
Section-5
Self sufficiency: Focus on three thrust areas for self-sufficiency
Dr Abdul Kalam
Finding solutions from the past to fight disaster
Mr.P.V Satheesh
Is India's inclusive economic growth: a reality?
Uma Lele and Dr. Manmohan Agarwal
Enhancing capacity of farmers to face disastrous
Dr. Gopi Ghosh and Ms. Sneha Chowrasia
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