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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