DARE - Because Entrepreneurs Do

Indian agricultural productivity lags far behind the rest of the world. And there are many factors that lead to this result. And there are many innovative answers to the problems. The picture above captures most of the issues.

lets start with fragmented land holdings. There are very few farms that are large enough to lend themselves to intensive farming. The solution probably lies in farmers from adjoining plots jointly tilling their land as one piece.

Look at the picture and you will see that even the fragmented holdings are not fully cultivable. Rock outcrops, trees and bushes, all of them eat away a good chunk of available land.

Mechanisation or rather the lack of mechanisation is another issue. Semin mechanised farming equipment as seen in the picture provides the answer, but only to an extent.

And finally, lack of quality seed material adds its own bit to driving down productivity.

Photo taken somewhere in the Karnataka - Goa border 

Mon 16 Nov 2009 19:57:45 IST 

Krishna Kumar