The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, is known for increasing the acreage and productivity of pulses to reach self-sufficiency and urged agricultural universities to step up research on enhancing their yields. Speaking on the Inaugural session of All India Coordinated Research Group’s Annual Group Meet on MULLaRP & Arid Legumes workshop at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, the Vice President said there was a need to introduce high-yielding, disease, and pest-resilient seed varieties. He also realized a need to enhance crop manufacturing techniques and bring extra fallow lands beneath pulse production.
Shri Naidu pointed out that pulses are a less expensive supply of plant-based proteins, vitamins, and minerals for humans. He said they provide inexperienced, nutritious animal fodder and improve soil through organic nitrogen fixation. “Some legumes are recognized to have medicinal and therapeutic homes also. Hence, they have been rightly termed as ‘Unique Jewels’ of Indian crop farming,” he said.
Observing that legumes were a crucial element in Indian cropping sample, mainly in dryland farming, Shri Naidu said India was the world’s largest producer, accounting for 34% of the region and 24% of manufacturing, accompanied with the aid of Myanmar, Canada, China, Nigeria, Brazil, and Australia.
Regarding his latest visit to Vietnam, the Vice President referred to approximately crop production differentials between India and Vietnam. He stated that Vietnam produces five heaps of rice per hectare and 1.5 tonnes of soya beans in step per hectare; at the same time, India produces three lots of rice in step per hectare and, most importantly, one ton of soya beans.
While the average productiveness of pulses has multiplied to 841 kg/ ha, it’s far well below the worldwide common, and in some States, the yield is much higher than others, the Vice President stated. There became a need to analyze the best practices from around the arena and within the use of a to improve crop productivity, he introduced.
Shri Naidu said that Universities, Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), and the authorities must collaborate on long-term strategies for generating new high-yielding varieties that might be resilient to sicknesses and weather trade. There was also a need to add fees and the right advertising and marketing facilities for pulses.
Saying that whether trade changed into adversely impacting the marginalized people in dryland areas because of the shifts in moisture and temperature regimes, the Vice President referred to a new paradigm in agricultural research that makes full use of technological know-how and era along with traditional know-how to address the challenges of weather change and gain food and dietary protection changed into vital. Shri Naidu said that the water shortage became a critical problem and was compounding because of populace growth and climate trade. He is known for growing vegetation that uses less water.
Observing that there has been a pressing need for new knowledge, opportunity policies, and institutional adjustments to enhance crop productivity, the Vice President counseled agricultural universities, research institutions, and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) to play a major role in improving many farmers and empowering them.
“Agricultural Universities need to attend extra on improving the yields of pulses, while KVKs must act as a bridge among scientists, governments, and the frame Shri Naidu said. The KVK needs to act as the pal and guide of the farmer he delivered. Underscoring the vital role of pulses in promoting a healthful diet, Shri Naidu suggested that human beings, particularly kids, consume junk meals in the wake of the growing occurrence of non-communicable sicknesses.
