Write a letter to the concerned officer suggesting some measures for the development of the agriculture.
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NATIONAL COMMISSION ON FARMERS
Work out a comprehensive medium-term strategy for food and nutrition security
in the country in order to move towards the goal of universal food security over
time.
Propose methods of enhancing the productivity, profitability, stability and
sustainability of the major farming systems of the country based on an agro-
ecological and agro-climatic approach and the harnessing of frontier
technologies.
Bring about synergy between technology and public policy and recommend
measures for enhancing income and employment potential in rural areas through
diversification, application of appropriate technology including IT for
information on market, weather, credit facilities and e-commerce, training and
market reforms.
Suggest measures to attract and retain educated youth in farming and
recommend for this purpose; methods of technological upgrading of crop
husbandry, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries (inland and marine), agro-
forestry and agro-processing and associated marketing infrastructure.
Suggest comprehensive policy reforms designed to enhance investment in agri-
research, substantially increase flow of rural credit to farmers including small
and marginal, triggering agricultural growth led economic progress, which can
lead to opportunities for a healthy and productive life to rural families.
Formulate special programmes for dryland farming for farmers in the arid and
semi-arid regions, as well as for farmers in hilly and coastal areas in order to link
the livelihood security of the farming communities living in such areas with the
ecological security of such regions. Review in this context, all ongoing
Technology Missions like those relating to pulses, oilseeds, maize, cotton,
watershed etc. and recommend methods of promoting horizontal integration of