Improve technology for 4 percent farm growth
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 14:24 IST   |    1 Comments
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Improve technology for 4 percent farm growth
New Delhi: India needs to focus on improving farm technology and creating an efficient water management system to achieve the targetted four percent growth in the agriculture sector, a top agriculture Ministry official said today. "If agriculture has to grow at four percent, the focus will have to be on technology infusion, farm mechanisation, reforms and efficient water management," Agriculture Secretary P K Basu said at a CII function here. Stating that the climate change would have a major impact on the health of the farm sector, Basu said that the water management would thus be critical to the country's long-term food security. The agriculture sector, which contributes around 17 percent to the country's total economy, recorded the lowest growth in five years, at 0.2 percent, in the last fiscal due to widespread drought in 2009.
Source: PTI
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