essay on making of a new india through bio-diversity and agricultural prosperity
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Explanation:
Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources Development brought out school ‘Nutrition Garden’ guidelines, encouraging students to identify fruits and vegetables best suited to topography, soil and climate.
Nutrition Garden envisages providing students lifelong social, numerical and presentation skills, care for living organisms and teamwork, besides being used in the Mid-Day meal scheme.
Based on Nutrition Garden, agrobiodiversity can be contemplated all across India, to address India’s hunger issues.
comprises the diversity of genetic resources (varieties, breeds) and species used for food, fodder, fibre, fuel and pharmaceuticals.
It also includes the diversity of non-harvested species that support production (soil microorganisms, predators, pollinators), and those in the wider environment that support agro-ecosystems (agricultural, pastoral, forest and aquatic) as well as the diversity of the agro-ecosystems.
Benefits of Agrobiodiversity
Increases productivity, food security, and economic returns.
Reduces the pressure of agriculture on fragile areas, forests and endangered species.
Makes farming systems more stable, robust, and sustainable.
Contributes to sound pest and disease management
Conserves soil and increase natural soil fertility and health.
Reduces dependency on external inputs
India’s promising genetic resources include rice from Tamil Nadu (Konamani), Assam (Agni bora) and Kerala (Pokkali), Bhalia Wheat and mushroom (Guchhi) from Himachal Pradesh and rich farm animal native breeds — cattle (42), buffaloes (15), goat (34), sheep (43) and chicken (19). Since, genetic diversity of crops, livestock and their wild relatives, are fundamental to improve crop varieties and livestock breeds, this can help in the following ways:
In combating hunger: India is ranked 102 in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) out of 117 qualified countries.
Hunger is defined by caloric deprivation; protein hunger; hidden hunger by the deficiency of micronutrients.
Malnutrition: Nearly 47 million or four out of 10 children in India do not meet their potential because of chronic undernutrition or stunting.
This leads to diminished learning capacity, increased chronic diseases, low birth-weight infants from malnourished parents.
The global nutrition report pegs 614 million
Developing a national level invasive alien species policy is required to identify pathways, mapping, monitoring, managing, controlling and eradicating invasive species.
The consumption pattern and culinary diversity must be enlarged to increase India’s food basket