Disruptions in Agriculture Technology in India | Ashok Gulati | TEDxMDAE
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Published 2016-07-05
Ashok Gulati is currently Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), which he joined in March, 2014. During March 2011-February 2014, he was Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), a body responsible for recommending Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) of 23 important agri-commodities to Government of India. Prior to this, Dr Gulati was Director at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) for more than 10 years (Jan 2001-Feb 2011). Before joining IFPRI, he also served as NABARD Chair Professor at the Institute of Economic Growth, and Chief Economist at the National Council of Applied Economics Research in India. He has also been a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council.
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All Comments (21)
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All these productivity statistics are fine except what has happened to the Indian farmer.
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Really i can't believe and accept of revolutions ...
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To Optimistic. We have increased or production but what about financial conditions of the farmers?
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How is this concept sustainable?
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In Name of food security govt can not kill food grower if food price to be reduced there is need to reduce salary of employees. Govt. is creating imbalance of income. Know slowly india is going to depend on other countries for food reason is only govt. imbalance of income due to which youth avoiding agriculture be aware india on wrong track. Money can not fill hunger. Land is not factory it only produces to its strength it's human who need balance. Urgent need is to reduce salary of employees to that of agriculturists or either increase income of agriculturists to that of employees. For it requires a decision making prime minister. The man who loves concept of india can do this.
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Thanks❤️❤️
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When we are being the largest exporter of rice, then why the poverty in India exists. When we being one of the largest producer of milk why 40 percent of milk in the market is synthetic milk. Instead of standing in a queue for milk we stand in a queue for admission in hospitals
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I am new to the farming field and reading through many concepts of it. Getting confused as to which way of farming is good for India. Heard many experts in the field both in India and abroad starting from Subhash Parlekar to Dr. Vandana Shiva. the opinion of one person does not match with other. Would like to point out here, Dr. Gulati praised the BT cotton introduction as a disrupting technology in India, but Dr. Vandana will have different perspective to it. I heard that Doctors differ but now coming to know that even farmers also differ. Good that some debating is happening and soon a consensus will be arrived at.
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Dint expect this sort of a speech from Mr. Gulati.
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Technology gene etc is very good ,but the cost of expence is high ,at the same time inflation of agri goods is less than 3%,so former's suffers and suicide .only way is natural forming .these lecture is only seed, pesticides company's help not for former's .
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osm talk sir
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Things are good in policy but will they be implemented properly. I support him saving natural resources.
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The main problem lies is in the supply chain process , food gets eroded at many place and no body took that to the market.
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All farmers don't know English Only few farmers know English
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Are farmers getting fair price of cotton.
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The speaker seems to be promoting the views of the government. Native breeds of seeds are resistant to local climate swings and diseases.
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Sir for all your knowledgeand numbers why don't put out number about how the ecology is getting ruined and how many people are getting cancer due to these foods. When will the govt. wake up to the fact that more and more farmers are leaving agriculture because they themselves are starving. If all that you say was so good why are 80% of the farmers in the BPL category. Somewhere do the line the system has not only failed the farmers but all its citizens too.
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Who is stopping govt to ask farmers to produce lentils and give fair price rather than buying from outside
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A man who knows too much.
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Why farmers are becoming poorer? because we not doing organic farming. Farmers are made dependent more and more and they need to buy everything from fertilizers to buying foods for cows .Where in earlier they could live on their own with natural(organic) farming
