Land, the center of all primary production systems and a non-renewable energy source has suffered from different degradations over the years. The country’s landmass gets degraded due to biotic and abiotic pressures. With the population growth cascading across the country, demands are set to rise. This situation is acute in India which has only 2.4% of the total geographical area…
The previous agricultural sector development strategy in India focused primarily on increasing agricultural output and improving food security. The net result was a 45% increase in food production per person, which made India not only food self-sufficient at the aggregate level, but also a net exporting country for food. The strategy did not explicitly recognise the need to increase the…
The world’s worst National Water Crisis is occurring in India. It is a fact that more than 50% of India’s population is suffering from water scarcity and has no access to drinking safe water. Losing land and water scarcity has been a predominant factor impacting food insecurity as almost 70% of water consumed in the country is used for agricultural…