Punjab agriculture ppt

1. DEEPENING CRISIS

3. Food bowl of the country
 70% people are engaged in agriculture
 85% area under cultivation
 Fertilizer consumption highest
 The most affected state by Green Revolution

4.  Suicides
 Drugs
 Illiteracy
 Deepening water table

5.  Survey suggests- from 2000-2011 more than 20,000
farmers have committed suicide
 15% of farmers were the age of 20 to 40 years
 80% who were less than 5 acre land
 All over Punjab total farmer’s debts 35,000 cr

6. Adopting organic Farming
Practicing low water consuming crops
Lesser use of fertilizers
Say no to drugs
Knowledge about farming

7.  Free education
 Insurance Schemes (SFDA)
 Minimal electricity charges
 Scientific help

9.  In order to know the coming weather conditions
 What to sow and when to harvest
 Problems occurring on daily basis
 Latest equipments
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10. These described courses of action over a
problem could somehow give relief to
the sufferers in Punjab and all over the
country...