Green Rovolution?

After the President, it's the Minister. The talk of a second Green Revolution is in these days. Not many days back President Mrs. Pratibha Patil spoke of Country's agrivcultural 'success' and now the Union Agriculture minister Mr. Sharad Pawar has appricited the 'success' in his colum as a Guest Editor of maharashtra Times.

It is a fact that our wheat produce has risen to a great extent in recent times. It's the case with not just wheat but Soya, cotton, ground nut and almost everything.

It is a fact that The Growth Rate of Agriculture has crossed the 4.5 % mark which is a record.

It is a reality that these efforts are recognized worldwide- India has even recieved a Gold Medal from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). All this is happening at a time when, the world is facing Food crisis. India has got an opportunity to be the supplier to the rest of the countries.

But all this is not enough to feed the Indians. Somehow, there are hungry people still fighting hard for a meal everyday. Somehow, the inflation is rising higher. Despite the huge food production, a drought like situation is not so far. Despite all the glorious numbers of success, farmer's suisides have not stopped.

The only good thing I find in this is that people have started going back to agriculture. They are ready to take the risk of Monsoons, they are ready to apply new technologies, they are also taking an account of environment in doing this. I just hope all this marks a new beginning.

The earlier green revolution left over the polluted land and water resuorces. Hope this new revolution turns out to be really green.