Wani, S P and Bergvinson, D and Raju, K V and Gaur, P M and Varshney, R K (2016) Mission India for Transforming Agriculture (MITrA),Research Report IDC-4. Technical Report. ICRISAT, Patancheru.
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Authors are extremely thankful to the Prime Minister’s Office for asking us to help prepare the strategy report. We also sincerely acknowledge the support of the Task force members for their contributions towards the report. We are extremely thankful to senior officers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India for their very useful suggestions on the earlier version of this paper.This report is part of a series of Strategy Papers drafted on the request of the Prime Minister’s Office, India. This Research Report No - IDC-4
Abstract
Humankind’s biggest challenge in the 21st century is to ensure food and nutritional security for the growing population and improved livelihoods for smallholder farmers. World population is estimated to swell to 9.3 billion by 2050. India has to feed 1.4 billion people by 2025 and water demand for food production will increase dramatically. This challenge becomes increasingly acute in light of the depleting water resources (5177 m3 in 1951 to 1545 m3 in 2011), degrading land and increasingly variable weather associated with climate change. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India has taken a novel initiative to transform agriculture in India as part of the Digital India program by transforming the rural economy and creating skilled jobs in rural areas. The Government of India has initiated various innovative schemes to enhance food production and to mitigate impacts of climate change. At the request of the Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India, to prepare a long-term strategy to increase economic opportunities for rural families in India, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)1 has prepared a set of six strategy papers: 1) Pulses2 2) PMKSY3) Soil Mapping4) Agri Markets5) Crop Insurance6 and 6) Digital Agriculture. The draft versions, based on the PMO request, were discussed with the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India7 and its senior officers made detailed suggestions to refine and strengthen these papers. This summary, elaborated in the following sections and the set of strategy papers, attached separately, incorporate the suggestions made by the Ministry officials and other leading sector-specialists from India.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Technical Report) |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : Asia |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Series Name: | PMO Strategy Document Series |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mission India for Transforming Agriculture, MITRA, Pulse Production, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, Soil Health Mapping, Agricultural Marketing, Crop Insurance, Digital Agriculture |
| Subjects: | Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics Others > Indian Agriculture |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2016 04:22 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2016 05:47 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9745 |
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