NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pitched for an “evergreen revolution” to enable the country to meet the challenge faced by the agriculture sector.
He emphasised the need for moving from the concept of ‘food security’ to ‘nutrition security’, for which he favoured the scientific and technological intervention.
He said the Government is working in this direction as part of its “dream” to ensure that the farmers’ income doubles by 2022, when the country celebrates its 75th Independence day.
“The population is increasing but the land is not going to increase…We have to see how the productivity increases… There should be more production in less land,” Modi said while releasing a two-part book series on renowned agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan at his residence here.
“The challenge in the agriculture sector remains. We keep talking about green revolution-I and green revolution-II. But the goal should be ‘evergreen revolution’. We should have sustainable agricultural production,” he said.
He said malnutrition is a challenge and therefore the pulses need to have improved nutrition quotient. (AGENCIES)
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