Our country is the largest and biggest country. The population here mainly
depends up on the agriculture. Most of the people are uneducated and illiteracy that
prevails is in highest ratio. Most of the formers are illiterate. They cultivate the lands
traditionally. They do not have the knowledge of latest technical and methods that are
used in farming. In developed countries, the farming is done with the help of new
machineries such as, harvester and sower.
The Government of India is not seriously implementing the measures that are to
be taken to educate the farmers about the methods that are followed is modern farming.
They have been duped and harassed by many factors. The following are the some of the
factors that are causing losses to them. These causes food shortage in the country and
suicides of the farmers.
- Duplicate seeds: Farmers are generally follow the traditional methods. They purchase the
seeds from seed companies. Generally the main aim of these seed
companies are to earn profits or money in this process, they supply the
seeds which does not have generic character. Even if, the seeds which are
in generic character, they does not get the highest yield. As they are not
suitable to our atmosphere and soil conditions.
The seed companies do not take appropriate precautions to manufacture the seeds
which are suitable for high yield and soil conditions.
There is no control of the Government over the seed companies. Every year we
are observing the problems that are faced by the farmers due to low quality of seeds that
are supplied by the seed companies.
Many foreign seed companies have entered into our market. they supply the seeds
which are suitable to their lands and not suitable to our country lands. Moreover they sell
their products with highest rates.
These companies generally purchase the beaurocrates and they rule the market
according to their wishes and will.
So most and fore most thing is to avoid the duplication of seeds. Before seeds are
planted the farmer makes investment if the seeds are not up to the mark, the entire
investment will be put into losses.
The Government has to frame the guidelines which shall be given to the seed
companies if any wrong committed, the penalties to be borne by the company should be
listed and farmers should be reimbursed with their investment and future profit.
The entire agriculture activity depends upon the seeds that are planted it is necesecery to
an establish are authority to certify the standard ness of the seed that are suitable to
different soils in India.
DEFICIENCES OF FERTILISERS AND DUPLICATION OF PESTICIDES
Now we are facing shortage of fertilizer and pesticides After plantation of seed
the farmer uses the fertilizers to keep the growth of the plant. It has to be monitored
periodically when the fertilizer is not available the farmer cannot use the dosage of
fertilizes at proper time which leads to deficiency of nitrozen, sulpher, ammonium Nitrate
that leads to low productivity.
The Government of India is giving subsidies to the fertilizer companies according
to their supplies cores of rupees are given to these companies in the form of subsidies
In addition to this the stock of the fertilizer is diverted to block market which leads
to high prices of fertilizer. The financial condition of the farmers is not affordable to
those prices. The improper or lack of usage of fertilizer leads to low productivity or high
cost of production The pesticide companies are following the foot steps of seed companies. They
manufacture the duplicate produce. There are so many pesticide companies in India.
Which produces low quality of pesticides.
Due to illiteracy the farmers are targeted The companies make huge profits at the
rate of farmers some pesticide instead of culling the disease they destroy the crop
The farmers are helpless. They do not have any authoritative support from
Government
There is no improvement in the conditions inspite of huge expenditure in the
form of subsidies, salaries to employees and research and development
If these conditions are to be continued the food grains that are manufactured will be
less in quantity and shortage of food grains will occur that leads to starvation with the
less supply of food grains we have to import the food grains from other countries that
causes burden to our economyHence the government has to plan now it self to meet the situation it has to make
good of the recommendations made by the committees such as DR. swami Nathan and
other regarding scientists it has to educate the farmers the methods that are suitable to
higher produce of food grains it has to encourage the farming by giving financial support
it has to provide storage facilities to the farmers.
The Government has to adopt the villages for agriculture. And it has to make
investment and pay the lease and labor charges to the agricultural labour and land
owners it has to take entire produce and sell in the open market in others words the
Government directly involve in the farming sector as such it directly involved is
industries such as BHEL, ONGC and other Navaratna and mininavaratna that it has to
enter into farming sectors make the production of food grains so that the question of
shortage of food grains and importing the food grains does not arise with this the problem
of unemployment be solved permanently and the starvation on never occur.
Every year our population is increasing in high rate but where as the land available for
agriculture is not increasing the quantum of agricultural land is decreasing every year. As
large the agriculture is not profitable most of the farmers are not interested is farming
large number people are migrating to the cities to become industrial labour more over the
Government is acquiring the agricultural land for SEZ purpose thus reducing the quantum
of agricultural land. In Taluqa head quarter the agricultural lands are convert into non
agricultural land for construction of houses and the real estate business, this also reduces
the quantum of farming land
Keeping is view of all above problems which causes acute shortage of food
Grains incoming years. The government has to make the policies to prevent our country
to become an other somania where number of people died due to starvation in recent
years.
