Crop diversification:an important way-out for doubling farmers' income

摘要

In the past five decades or so, increasing agricultural production and ensuring food security was the main concern for agricultural development. To the great satisfaction, Indian farmers with the help of agricultural scientists and policy makers could achieve that by bringing 'Green Revolution' and 'Rainbow Revolution'? This not only brought smiles to the face of millions of Indians, but also established India as the self-sufficient country in agriculture and face-lifting of Indian agriculture in world map was made possible. These strategies involved an increase in productivity through intervention of better crop production technologies and varieties, among few others. It showed 45% increase in per person food production，which has made India not only food self-sufficient at aggregate level, but also a net food exporting country. Most importantly，during the Idst half century, India's food production multiplied 3.7-fold. However, the strategies could not recognize the need to raise the farmers' income and there was no direct relation to promote farmers' welfare.