TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE
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TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE
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ACCELERATED IRRIGATION BENEFIT PROGRAMS
ACCELERATED IRRIGATION BENEFIT PROGRAMS animal drawn seed cum fertilizer drill animal drawn seed cum fertilizer drill
KARAN SWISS
KARAN SWISS
One of the major challenges that independent India faced was how a traditional sector like agriculture could be modernized particularly amongst a group of people who were illiterate or semi-literate tradition bound and economically backward. The need for modernization through innovation was imperative. It was this which prompted the government to initiate a number of measures intended to accomplish this.
SOIL PRODUCTIVITY
Soil being the most important resource in agriculture no productivity could be achieved without enriching it. It was therefore necessary to identify the different types of soil and classify land resources accordingly. The country was divided into 186 resource areas and a soil atlas was contemplated. It was also decided to build up an inventory of difference soils across the country covering also micro nutrients which would be helpful in the scientific management of land. The resulted spinoff of this was that large areas of saline/alkaline soils were reclaimed.
GENETIC ARCHITECTURE
Advances in genetics helped in restructuring the genetic architecture of plants which resulted in the development of hybrid maize, cotton and dwarf wheat. These breakthroughs were made possible due to innovations in related areas like plant protection, breeding of resistant varieties and chemical control.
MUTATION TECHNOLOGY
Agriculture in India being a non mechanized sector which depended on animal husbandry made it imperative to initiate research in cattle breeding. Research was conducted for selective development of indigenous breeds and cross breeding which
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TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE
FASAL
FASAL
ACCELERATED IRRIGATION BENEFIT PROGRAMS
ACCELERATED IRRIGATION BENEFIT PROGRAMS animal drawn seed cum fertilizer drill animal drawn seed cum fertilizer drill
KARAN SWISS
KARAN SWISS
One of the major challenges that independent India faced was how a traditional sector like agriculture could be modernized particularly amongst a group of people who were illiterate or semi-literate tradition bound and economically backward. The need for modernization through innovation was imperative. It was this which prompted the government to initiate a number of measures intended to accomplish this.
SOIL PRODUCTIVITY
Soil being the most important resource in agriculture no productivity could be achieved without enriching it. It was therefore necessary to identify the different types of soil and classify land resources accordingly. The country was divided into 186 resource areas and a soil atlas was contemplated. It was also decided to build up an inventory of difference soils across the country covering also micro nutrients which would be helpful in the scientific management of land. The resulted spinoff of this was that large areas of saline/alkaline soils were reclaimed.
GENETIC ARCHITECTURE
Advances in genetics helped in restructuring the genetic architecture of plants which resulted in the development of hybrid maize, cotton and dwarf wheat. These breakthroughs were made possible due to innovations in related areas like plant protection, breeding of resistant varieties and chemical control.
MUTATION TECHNOLOGY
Agriculture in India being a non mechanized sector which depended on animal husbandry made it imperative to initiate research in cattle breeding. Research was conducted for selective development of indigenous breeds and cross breeding which