Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar (Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare-MoA&FW) delivered a book named Indian Agriculture towards 2030: Pathways for Enhancing Farmers’ Income, Nutritional Security and Sustainable Food and Farm Systems, at an occasion coordinated by NITI Aayog and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Distributed by Springer, Indian Agriculture towards 2030 catches the results of the deliberative course of public discourse by NITI Aayog and the Ministries of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare; and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying, and worked with by FAO starting around 2019.
Saluting NITI Aayog, FAO and MoA&FW authorities, Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said, “With the endeavors of the multitude of partners, including specialists, the focused ranchers, and agrarian researchers, we will actually want to deal with the difficulties distinguished and take Indian horticulture and the country higher than ever.”
The occasion was gone to by a few dignitaries, including NITI Aayog Member Professor Ramesh Chand and CEO Amitabh Kant.
NITI Aayog Member Professor Ramesh Chand, who is one of the editors of the book, said, “Considering the phenomenal difficulties that farming is confronting around the world and in India, and the open doors that exist, there is a requirement for a groundbreaking vision for the following ten years. Understanding this need, a public discourse was started to thoroughly consider this change how are its critical components and what it affects strategy and practice. The regions that need unique consideration were distinguished through a cooperative cycle between NITI Aayog, MoA&FW, and FAO under the general direction of a guiding board containing rural specialists.”
Indian Agriculture towards 2030 covers the accompanying subjects:
- Changing Indian Agriculture
- Primary Reforms and Governance
- Dietary Diversity, Nutrition and Food Safety
- Overseeing Climate Risks in Agriculture
- Science, Technology and Innovation
- Advantageous interaction of Water and Agricultural Transformation in India
- Bugs, Pandemics, Preparedness and Biosecurity
- Extraordinary Agroecology-Based Alternatives for a Sustainable and Biodiverse Future
The book incorporates a Foreword by the Hon’ble Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu. It likewise has an Introduction by previous FAO Representative in India Tomio Shichiri, under whose direction this drive was embraced.
The public discourse was coordinated from 19 to 22 January 2021. It tried to supplement the public authority’s endeavors in planning a post-Green Revolution future for the country, wherein agri-food frameworks can encourage dietary targets, upgrade jobs and defend human and biological wellbeing.
The book send off was trailed by a board conversation directed by Ashish Bahuguna, previous Secretary, MoA&FW. Specialists Dr Ashok Dalwai, Chief Executive Officer, National Rainfed Area Authority; Prof. Bharat Ramaswami, Ashoka University; and Ajay VirJakhar, Chairperson, BharatiyaKisanSangh, examined the significance of the book and the public exchange process, which features the requirement for re-ordering agribusiness and imagines the groundbreaking vision for the continuous ten years.
