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intervention,supply oftheneeded micronutrientsin thesoill'ïms
thegreatestim pacton increasing yield. Hidden hungerisas
widespread in soilsasin hum an beings.In fact,thetwo havecausal
relationships.
M ilion W elsRcchargeProgralnme
i) Restoringwaterbodiesandpromotingmandaforywaterhanresting.
iv) L tablishmentof50,000Farm Schoolstopromotefarmer-to-farmer
learning.
Organisation of SmalFarmers'H orticulturc,Cotton,Poultry,
aquacultureand otherEstates,topromotegroup farming and to confer
thepowerofscale to sm alproducers60th attheploduction and
Post-halvestphascsof-farming.
Farming isbecom ing a gambleb0th in themonsoon and thcmarket.
Hencesmalfarmersurgentiy need proactiveadviceon land and water
use,Land usedecisionsarealso waterusedecisions.Forthispurpose,State
Land UseBoardsshould t)erestricted,retooled and rcactivated .F/J'Jtifz
task oftheutmostprioriqv
F/Jt'f veṛy14'/z< a KnowledgeCtwâz orG' -
N N Ckaupalmovement
can help ro givc farmcrsdynamicadviceon mescorological,m anagement
and m arketing factors.
support:
W esuggestthatthefolowingareasmay receive priority in technology
i) Short-and medium-term weatherf'orecasting,in ordcrto assistand
useAdvisory Boardsto giveprotectiveadvicc to farmerson crop and
varietalchoice.
i) lapidand1ow costsoiltestingtechnologicsbasedon nanotechnolop:
Thiswilenabletheapplicadon nced ilased macro-and micro-nutrients.
Factorproductivity in relation to fertilizerapplication islow and this
enhancesthecostofproduction.The average fcrtilized responseof
foodgrain outputto NPK utilization worksoutto 7.8 kg grain per
kg ofN PK.Thisisavcry low rcturn.
Unlessfactorproductivity isincrcased,smalfarm agriculturcwil
becomeun-rcm unerative,Thisisoncofthecausesfbrahigh pcrcentage of