Indian agriculture enters new phase as diets, incomes and climate reshape farming: Report
The first phase, from roughly 1967 to 1995, was dominated by the need to achieve food security, says the paper.
India's farming sector is undergoing a transformative shift as evolving diets, increasing incomes, climate concerns, and resource limitations reshape the industry. The focus is transitioning from merely increasing food grain production to generating higher value, diversifying production, and improving land and water efficiency. A report in The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences outlines this change, identifying three key phases since the Green Revolution.
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