Challenge and Opportunity for India's Agriculture
Kadambot Siddique, University of Western Australia | May 5, 2008
India's agricultural sector remains nearly stagnant at a time when global food production faces five major challenges: population growth, changing consumption habits in emerging markets, declining agricultural production capacity, climate change, and increased demand for biofuels. ++ India should increase competitiveness by improving technologies and education in agricultural studies, diversifying farming systems, enhancing vertical integration and low cost credit systems, and pressuring the EU and US to drop farm subsidies.
