Seeding Success through Innovation & Technology. Role of Innovations in Transforming Indian Agriculture



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Type: 
conference paper
Author(s): 
Sharma, K. K.
Mazumdar, S. D.
Karuppanchetty, S. M.
Aravazhi, S.
Yaduraju, N. T.
Bhatnagar-Mathur, P.
Tripathi, S. M.
Philroy, J.
Palaniswamy, S.
Nancy, D.
Description: 

This paper, presented at "Food 360°: International Conference-cum-Exhibition on Agribusiness and Food Processing, November 05-06, 2012, Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad",   focuses on Indian agriculture, which remains the most important sector for India. However, despite its importance, various indicators from the sector show that all is not well. Across the world, the challenges facing the sector are immense: declining natural resources, smaller landholdings and lesser area for cultivation, erratic monsoons, climate change crisis, energy crisis, loss of biodiversity, weak extension machinery, rising input costs, inadequate storage infrastructure, high post-harvest losses, and lack of access to markets. There is also an urgent need to promote the competitiveness of this sector and gearing up our agricultural systems including technological aspects so as to meet the pressures of consumer demand and international markets.

Publication year: 
2012