India and Israel are set to jointly develop new crop varieties and share post harvest technologies following the success of the 10-year-old Indo-Israeli Agriculture Project (IIAP).
For a country like Israel where 60% of the area is desert, exporting high-value farm produce like mangoes and avocados is a matter of pride, whereas for India, among the largest food producers globally, the challenge is to counter the effects of erratic rainfall, raise productivity and use water efficiently.
Out of 160 million hectares of cultivable land in India, only about 65 million hectares or 41% is covered under irrigation. Also, just 8.6 million hectares are currently covered under micro-irrigation compared to a potential 69.5 million hectares.
Let us hope India grows more than 10 times than now with the advanced technology, micro irrigation, soil conservation, fertigation,hybrid seeds,improved methods for removal of weeds,desalination of water,use of waste water of urban utilities, use of drones,crop insurance,multi cropping,establishment of farmers training and advisory centres along with small warehouses and cold chain facilities at every 10 kms,and many more.
Regards,
DR N K ARORA
https://lnkd.in/fbXvF57
No comments:
Post a Comment