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Articles by Scientist Balbir Singh Rawat on Agriculture issues-बलबीर सिंह रावत ज

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एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
Dosto,

In merapahadforum.com, we have invited Scientist Balbir Singh Rawat ji who is a retired Principal Scientist of the ARS (Agri. research Service) of the GOI. His speciality  is in Agro Industrial management Dairy Economics). He did his Msc (Ag) AH&Dairying degree from BR College Agra in 1953. Worked with Dev deptt. Bhopal, got GOI scholarship and took my doctorte degree from Belgrade in 1966. Worked with National Dairy Res.Institute, (ICAR) from where retired in 1988.


He belongs to village Gorli (near Satpuli) Pauri Garhwal. Presently settled in Dehradun.He writes for  newspapers on various socio-political issues. My experience of hill agril, rural dev.,agro-industrial management, and refined views on socio-econo-political matters have been liked by the editors. He  a bit different from the common  popular values prevailing in today's development practices in UK and the country.

Mr Balbir Singh Rawat JI will be writing article on above in this topic.


M S Mehta

Dr. Balbir Singh Rawat:
Traditional agriculture in Uttarakhand was devised for subsistence, food for the family, done on levelled strips of land carved out of hill slopes. Migration of able bodied man power, unattended fields damaged by soil erosion, changing ecology resulting in excessive growth of crop damaging animals like monkeys, pigs, rabbits, etc has almost destroyed the traditional farming system of UK. What is now needed is to use the land for commercial farming of locality based  most-fit crops-mix in a scientific way using modern farm management methods , specific to the sub himalayan topography and varying altitudes climate.
How to do it? It requires new and conducive agricultural policy change, it requires new farm ownership? land lease and rental laws, it requires willing and trained manpower, it requires economy of scale sizes of business enterprises, it requires producer friendly marketing organisation and it requires various sizes of  mechanised agril tools , different sizes of  packging, transport, grading, storage and cold storage facilities and thorough knowledge of related consumer markets.
I invite readers to please let me know the areas of their interest so that I can serialise my advices in a systematic manner.
Thanks, BSR.

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720:
Dr Sab,

First of all, a very warm welcome to merapahad community. Today, we find one of the major factors of migration from hill areas is conventional method of agriculture and very low outcome. People toil day in & day out but they get very less at the time harvesting.

I think now time has come to think seriously to the agriculture pattern of UK specially for staircase type fields farming. Uttarakhand should also adopt HP farming method which can definitely produce employment & livelihood.

We would like to know your views on this sir?

Bhishma Kukreti:
Dr Balbeer Singh rawat is one of five movement activists who started separate state Uttarakhand movement  in Mumbai. Other first  four initial Uttarakhand movement activists are  Bhishma Kukreti, Girish Dhoundiyal, Jagdish Kapri and late Arjun Singh Gusain

Dr. Balbir Singh Rawat:
Terrace farming is unique to hill agriculture. Due to large scale migration of the youth, the terraced strips created by our industrious forefathers, fell prey to erosion and slides of the walls. It fell upon women with small children and old men to cultivate these fields under so many insurmountable odds. The degeneration continues.
The remedy is to restore these terraces, first at places where damage is less and production is profitable. Covert the traditional  farm production for family to production for income.This commercialisation of farm production in Uttarakhand, is THE ONLY SOLUTION to stall migration.
The sterling question is how to do it? Here a question pops up: Why do we have governments? Obviously to plan, provide, promote and to guide all encompassing development. So pressurise the government to start A to Z devlopment of Hill Agriculture in a well planned systematic and dynamic manner that shows results from day one. The traditional, lethargic non productive ways of bureaucracy have to be burried deep. our Ministers should search for experts who can contribute to rejuvenation of Hill Agriculture. The Generalist Administrator has played his role  (solo - not allowing outsiders to interfere), with negative results . So please pester your political representatives with demands for PROMPT ACTIONS.

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