PM Narendra Modi Urges Farmers to Use Scientific Methods to Enhance Production

HAZARIBAGH:  Calling for second Green Revolution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the farming community to adopt scientific methods to enhance foodgrain production particularly of pulses which India has to import because of shortages.

He said Indian farmers are still lagging behind in terms of availability of good quality seeds, adequate water, power, availability of right price and market for their produce.

"Unless we prepare a balanced and a comprehensive integrated plan, we will not be able to change the lives of farmers," he said in Jharkhan's Hazaribagh while laying foundation stone of Indian Agricultural Research Institute.

Emphasising the need for use of scientific methods for farming to increase productivity, Modi said it was high time that the country goes for the second Green Revolution as the first such revolution took place long back.

He noted that the eastern part of India has the potential to bring about the second Green Revolution.

"It can take place in eastern UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam, Odhisa," Mr Modi said. Pitching for 'per drop, more crop', Mr Modi stressed the need for research in the field of agriculture to determine the health of soil and its needs in terms of seeds, water quantity, amount of fertilization etc.

He said the government was taking steps to train youth in soil testing so that such labs could be set up on the pattern of pathological labs for humans. "This will also lead to job creation," he added.

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