Improvement in Food Resources

This chapter explains why India must increase food production sustainably to feed its growing population, and how this is achieved through crop variety improvement, crop production management (nutrient, irrigation, cropp…

• India's population is over one billion and growing, requiring more than a quarter of a billion tonnes of grain annually.
• India is already intensively cultivated, so increasing production efficiency is necessary rather than expanding farmland.
• The Green Revolution increased food-grain production; the White Revolution improved milk availability and efficiency.

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