1. OTB - CASE STUDIES

3.  Provides about 58 % of livelihood as per
2001 census.
 Accounts for 14 % of India’s GDP at
constant prices (2004- 2005) in 2011-2012.
 Contributes 21 % of total exports and
supplies raw materials to industries.
 Food grain production – 250.42 million
tonnes in 2011-2012.

4. Reality bites….
 India’s food grain production in: 250 million
tonnes in 2011-2012
• India’s population : 1.27 billion
• Current Growth rate in this sector - 2 % (in
last ten years)
• Population growth rate - 1.8 to 2.2% a year.

5. Time for a second Green Revolution.
 This is because with rising population and slow
growth rate in the agricultural sector, the situation is
likely to get alarming in the next 5-8 years.
Agricultural and allied sectors are expected to grow at 3- 3.5 %
per year against a target of 4% --- Approach paper to 12th plan
TARGET FOR THE YEAR : 2020 – 400 million
tonnes.
IS IT REALISTIC ???
Yes, it require changes in technology,
policies and approach.

6. WHAT DOES IT MEAN???
 An integrated approach based on the entire
farming system focusing on matching soil to
seed and product to market.

7. Let us look at the Green
Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s
The Green Revolution is the significant
increase in agricultural productivity
resulting from the introduction of high
yield variety of seeds, use of pesticides and
improved technology.

9. THE GREEN REVOLUTION- WHAT
CHANGES COULD BE MADE TO
INCREASE FARM PRODUCTIVITY.

11. Results of green revolution
Statistical Result
Economic Result
Sociological Result.

12.  The Green Revolution resulted in a record
grain output of 131 million tons in 1978-79.
 It transformed India from a chronically food
deficient country into the world’s second largest
agricultural producer.
 No other country in the world, which attempted
the Green Revolution recorded such level of
success.

13. •The increase in irrigation created need of new dams
to harness monsoon water.
• This in turn boosted industrial growth, created jobs
and improved the quality of life of the people.
• India paid back all the loans taken from the World
Bank for the purpose of the Green Revolution.

15. THE LIMITS OF SUCCESS
India’s agricultural sector is growing
but much slower than the rest of the
economy.
Although largely self sufficient in
food production, India still needs
to import edible oil every year.
Green Revolution has not reach
large parts of the country, especially
dry land areas, where poverty
incidence and farming risk tend to
be high.
GR also involved environmental
costs:
Unsustainable ground water
extraction, fertilizers run off,
pesticide residues and salinization.

16. The priority of introducing Green
Revolution was to resolve food crisis
and thus environmental issues were
neglected. Between the mid 1960s and
mid 1990s ,food production was more
than doubled, while the intensity of
hunger and poverty was cut by half.

17. NEED FOR SECOND GREEN
REVOLUTION
According to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam if
all Indians have to have good
nutrition and plenty of food then
India needs 360 million tonnes of
food grains by 2020.
India has tremendous export
potential in agriculture in present era
of globalization.

18.  Bill Gates has been among the proponents of a second
green revolution, saying:
 Three quarters of the world's poorest people get their
food and income by farming small plots of land...if we
can make smallholder farming more productive and
more profitable, we can have a massive impact on
hunger and nutrition and poverty...the charge is
clear—we have to develop crops that can grow in a
drought; that can survive in a flood; that can resist
pests and disease...we need higher yields on the same
land in harsher weather."

19.  The Second Green Revolution of boosting food-grain output in India to
400 million tons in next 15 years is need of the day.
 Its achieving is not very difficult. Rather it is achievable if mindset on
introducing newer technology is changed.
 India has to whole-heartedly embrace Genetically modified (GM)
seeds to double the per acreage production.
 Private sector is better suited to deliver results than government
managed schemes. Pvt sector to develop and market the usage of GM
foods i.e efficient marketing of ideas.
 Governments on the other hand can play a key role in expediting
irrigation schemes and managing water resources.
 Linking of rivers as much as economically possible to bring surplus
water of one area to others i.e linking of rivers.

20. CHANGING MIND SET OF
FARMERS.
 Not only that, a significant contribution is to be made by
the farmers themselves. They have to get out of the ancient
mode of being peasant farmers on small land holdings.
They have to become businessmen, who trade in
agricultural products. Just like any other businessmen they
have to look for the most economical way to boost
productivity and profits to themselves.
 Farmers need to realise that their scope of work can
increase from grain production to food processing and
marketing.
 It requires farmers to become responsible businessmen.

21. KEY ISSUES

23. Agro processing is defined as ´Subset
of manufacturing that processes raw materials
and intermediate products derived from the
agricultural sector. It Transforms products
originating from agriculture, forestry and
fisheries. All operations from the stage of
harvest till the material reaches the end users in
the desired form, packaging, quantity, quality
and price. Evolved from traditional subsistence
level farming to commercial agriculture
producing high value and processed products.
Recognized as a 'sunrise industry' with a vision
to make India the Food Basket of the world.

24. To improve rural incomes by adding value to raw
materials.
Save on transport costs by converting high volume
materials to low volume high value products.
Create opportunities to use by-products as source of raw
materials for other farm operations such as animal feed,
manure and fuel.
Provide opportunity to reduce farm losses by conversion
of
perishable produce to longer shelf life produce.
Creation of jobs leading to poverty reduction and rural
urban migration.

26. PROSPECTS OF FOOD
PROCESSING
 Presently, a small percentage of farm produced is
processed into value added products.
 India needs US $28 billion of investment to raise food
processing levels to 8 – 10 %.
 Rapid urbanisation, increased literacy, changing life style,
more and more women in workforce, rising per capita
income leading to rapid growth and new opportunities in
food and beverages sector.
 Indians spend about 50% of household expenditure on
food items.

35. A few years ago, companies struggled to sell packaged foods. But now it is
much easier to break into the Indian market because of a younger
population, higher incomes, new technologies and a growing middle class,
estimated at 50 million households. An average Indian spends around 53 per
cent of his/her income on food. The domestic market for processed foods is
not only huge but is growing fast in tandem with the economy. It is
estimated to be worth $90 billion. Processed Food Manufacturing
companies are required to be persistent and must adapt products to the
Indian cultural preferences.
Another area is herbal medicine. It is being increasingly realized the world over
that herbal drugs do not have any side effects. India has a good number of tried
and tested herbal products in use and what is required is rigorous quality
control, proper packaging and a brand name.