Growth of Agriculture has come down from 3.69% during 1990-96 to 1.65% during 1996-2000.57% of total employment is from Agriculture and 73% are women farmers.84% of farmer house holds are under debt.33 districts in the country are affected by agrarian distress like Vidharbadt of Maharashtra.
SICA offered to organise a visit to benefit the distress affected farmers in Vidarba. The goal should be to improve the economic viability of farming by increasing the net income of farmers and to provide opportunities for non farm employment for the farm households and introduce measures to retain youth in farming.
He also spoke on a 9 point charter for Mahila Kisans, efficient water management like interrow water harvesting, drip irrigation, increasing Know how/do-how gap, overcoming extension fatigue, information technology and knowledge revolution, pricing policy, conversion of calamities into opportunities, equitable use of bio- resources and Agriculture bio-security , credit and insurance, green revolution and evergreen revolution- pathways, spectacular progress in molecular genetics etc Dr.B.K.Krishnaraj vanavarayar, Chairman, Bharatiya Vidhya Bavan, Coimbatore Kendra gave the introductory speech.
He also emphasized the urgent need to take all appropriate action to rejuvenate Agriculture sector as "Everything can wait except agriculture".
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