At least five cents in every acre should be reserved for the construction of ponds to store rainwater.
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Contract farming can be promoted if it is structured on the basis of a win-win situation both for the producer and the purchaser.
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Floods will become more serious and frequent in the Indo-Gangetic plains. Drought induced food and water scarcity will become more acute. South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the small islands will be the worst victims.
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Land tenure is key to protecting land rights. The Central and State governments should have accessible systems for registering, tracking and protecting land rights, including customary rights and common property resources.
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All kinds of excuses have been given by governments for not implementing this recommendation like food price inflation. But the question is, do the farmers of this country, who constitute nearly half of the working population, also not need to eat?
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The loss of land for food security has to be measured not only in quantitative terms but also in respect of land use.
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