Agricultural Resources Information System (AgRIS): An e ...

♦ A decline in the non-accelerating inflation rate and rate of
unemployment.
11.3 ICTs Diffusion and Infusion have many potential
applications spanning the breadth of the agricultural industry, at
all scales of organisation from farmer, to cooperative and
professional bodies, from farm machinery vendors, fertiliser and
chemical companies, insurance, regulators, and commodities, to
agronomists, consultants, and farm advisors. This facilitates
farming systems to change in response to economic, technological
and social needs. The proposed strategy reinforces commitment
for higher agricultural productivity in India, which has been
blessed with excellent agro-climatic conditions and water
resources. This “informatics-led development” in Agricultural
Sector provides enough scope for reduction of new risks of
marginalisation and vulnerability of small farmers, in view of the
two on-going processes (i) economic reforms and liberalisation
(1991) and WTO/GATT Agreements (1994) at macro level, and (ii)
decentralization reforms at micro level, operating in India.
11.4 As a step towards "reaching" technology to the small
Holders (Resource-Poor-Farmers) of the Country, the Central
Ministry of Agriculture have taken initiatives to build up an
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