Identifying Our Resources
Primary Resources (Agriculture-based Resources)
Villages are still the
reflection of our country. Unless villages prosper, the country shall not. Our
villages have become a living disgrace of harrowing human suffering, sorrows
and maladies. The situation can be reversed by:
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Improving the size of land
holdings (land management). It would mean smaller farmers may have to form
cooperatives.
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Doing extensive research on
the agricultural front
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Developing good quality
(hybrid) seeds
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Using proper manures and
pesticides
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Establishing storage systems
to save agricultural produce from rains, storms, heat and rodents.
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Locating markets and
establishing a proper transportation system.
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Adapting to modern irrigation
techniques and mechanisation to get rid of primitive and outdated practices of
irrigation and harvesting.
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Mechanisation will result in
large-scale unemployment but I have identified enough avenues in Chapter 8.1 to
gainfully engage the surplus labour force.
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So on and so forth. For
details refer the book.
If we are able to do the above we can improve the
productivity of our primary sector by seven to ten times. And then (after five
to seven years), when the economy is back on track, we can begin the
construction of our nation through City Centres (Chapter 8.3). This will, in
another seven to ten years, transform the villages, the villagers, rehabilitate
the disabled and destitute, and thus transform the whole nation like a dream
come true.
The perennial recurrences of
droughts and floods over the years have eroded the fertility of our arable land
to a great extent. The present erosion of the agricultural front, low yield,
soaring prices, and pathetic condition of our farmers and their committing
suicide is of little surprise. Perennial
droughts, floods and lack of means of livelihood have resulted in large-scale
emigration of our farmers and unemployed workers to nearby urban areas in
search of livelihoods. It disturbs the local social order and creates a
lot of unrest, traffic congestion, and other problems, including hatred for the
migrants, as witnessed in Maharashtra,
Assam, Bihar, UP (also see Sections, 2.8, 3.2).
The
next topic will be secondary resource (industries)
Thanks
and Regards
K C
Agrawal
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