With the increase in their affinity with information and communications technologies and their ability to innovate new farming techniques, the youth can be attracted to agricultural sector and take forward the farming in India” said C. Swaminathan, Vice-Chancellor of Periyar University.
Agriculture in India is considered as a gamble with monsoon. With the rising climate change and reduced rainfall, many
places are facing severe drought, on the contrary natural disaster like flood brings in lot of devastation, he said while delivering his inaugural address at the conference on ‘agricultural scenario in India’ organised by the Department of Sociology of the University on Saturday.
More so, most of the farmers are small land holders and cannot invest in agricultural implements because of higher costs.
The present agricultural practices are neither economically profitable nor environmentally sustainable.
Poorly maintained irrigation systems and lower efficiency in using available water resources, lack of availability of labour, no mechanisation and fluctuating market are some of the prominent impediments faced by the farmers in India, Dr. Swaminathan said.
Indian economy
Agriculture is the driving force in Indian economy, he said and added that it was time for the youth to step into agricultural sectors and offer assistance in farming through their innovative ideas, research and techniques.
The Vice-Chancellor said that all students need appropriate training and exposures in farming to enable make them to work for the development of agriculture in India.
Source : The Hindu
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