Second Green Revolution Vs. Rainbow Revolution

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Recent trends, issues, challenges and concerns of Agri-sector in India. 3. Genesis of Green Revolution. 4. Components of Second Green Revolution. 5. Diversification of farming and Second Green Revolution. 6. Relevance of Second Green Revolution. 7. National Horticulture Mission and Second Green Revolution. 8. Diversification of agriculture and World Trade Organisation. 9. National Agricultural Policy 2000 and Rainbow Revolution. 10. Agricultural strategy during various Five Year Plans. 11. Second Green Revolution during Eleventh Five Year Plan. 12. National policy for farmers. 13. Food security : Second Green Revolution. 14. Precision farming and Second Green Revolution. 15. An overview. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.

"For meeting the global challenges and internal problems, Second Green Revolution in the form of Rainbow Revolution is the need of the hour. For this Indian Agriculture must be given top priority for diversification of farming from traditional crops to commercial crops and from production oriented to consumption and market oriented agri-product. Consequently, horticulture, floriculture, sericulture, apiculture must be promoted for strengthening agro-industries, agri-business, agri-trade and agri-commerce.

This book makes an overview and careful intensive study of the problems, potentialities, relevance, genesis, components of Second Green Revolution and diversification of Indian farming in the way of corporate farming, contact farming, precision farming, organic farming, etc. for giving a new boost to Indian agriculture and safeguard the interest of Indian farmers. Attempt has been made to make an impartial assessment of Indian agriculture strategy during Five Year Plans from first to Eleventh Five Year Plan as well as National Agricultural Policy, 2000." (jacket)