Sustained Food Security in India: Need for multi-Institutional Collaboration and Continued Government Support.
B.B. Singh
Visiting Professor and Senior Fellow
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
Texas A&M University, College Station
The presentation will cover: Food security and India’s place in the 2020 world hunger map;
India’s Green Revolution, complacency and stagnant crop yields; Current food production
and per capita food availability in India; Population projections and future food needs in
India; Possible ways to increase crop yields to meet the future food needs in India; Need for
the Agricultural Universities to develop innovative technologies and strengthen Teaching,
Research and Extension; Need for the Government to continue investment in agriculture and
market support.
To be held virtually on zoom
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