Improving
agricultural productivity in the current scenario is a challenge for
farmers. Deteriorating ecosystem, or increasing pollution or bad seed
quality, is the main causes why agriculture suffers badly today. Thanks
to the research and developments in the field, this has made the work of
farmers so easy and beneficial.
According to Rajesh Rajora, It is quite clear and evident that improving agricultural productivity is a step by step process.
Seed selection
- Seed is a very important factor in agriculture. In other words, it is
the heart of any crop to yield well. In other words, if the seed is of
good quality and meets the standard, it will produce the good amount of
productions.
Ensuring soil quality
– Soil is another important factor for improving agricultural
productivity. It should be tested before, you start cultivating any
crop. In other words, the quality of the soil plays a very important
role in terms of the quality of the yield. Despite using the best
quality seeds, if the soil does not have the needed nutrient level, the
yield would not be up to the mark. Therefore, it is very essential to be
very careful while choosing soil
Controlling Pesticides and Insecticides – If
you want good crop production, you need a regular checs up of
insecticides and pesticides in your crop. Constantly protecting crops is
one of the crucial factors to improve agricultural productivity.
If you adopt new methods and use healthy and tested seeds, you will get many benefits:
- Enhanced growth patterns
- Increased plant immunity
- Increase in yield
- Increase in nutrition levels
- Increase in quality of produce
- Increase in disease resistance
- Decrease in germination rate
- Infusing useful bacteria in soil
Dr Rajesh Rajora is a principal secretary, Depts of Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing in Government of Madhya Pradesh.
