Banking services chronicle daily current affairs

  Banking services chronicle daily current affairs

banking services chronicle daily current affairs  Published this articles page no 125  The uncommon opportunities now available for improving agriculture should be mastered. The future belongs to nations which give importance to grains rather than guns. Let me quote from a recent article by Prof P C Kesavan and me published in Current Science Genetic engineering technology has opened up new avenues of molecular breeding. However their potential undesirable impacts will have to be kept in view. What is important is not to condemn or praise any technology but choose the one which can take us to the desired goal sustainably safely and economically. The National Commission on Farmers (NCF) which I chaired made the following goals for ensuring sustainable agriculture and food security l To improve the economic viability of farming by ensuring that farmers earn a “minimum net income” and ensure that agricultural progress is measured by the advance made in improving that income. l To mainstream the human and gender dimension in all farm policies and programmes and give explicit attention to sustainable rural livelihoods. l To complete the unfinished agenda in land reforms and to initiate comprehensive asset and aquarian reforms. banking services chronicle daily current affairs

 Banking services chronicle daily current affairs