9. Quality Food, Quality Life

India- Densely Populated Nation Lot of food – Increasing demandMore land – [More Cultivation ]

Food Obtain Energy

NutrientsCarbohydrates

ProteinsFats

Vitamins Minerals

GrowthDevelopment

Health

Need of better methods to improve

Food production & quality of crops

Before 1965, there was drought in many parts of India.Therefore, Government decided to use Fertilizers, Better

methods of irrigation & High yielding variety of seeds.

To improve food production

Green revolution

Dr. Norman Ernest Borlaug,An American agronomist

FATHER OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION

White revolutionIn 1970,Indian National Dairy & Development Board (NDDB)

started.OPERATION FLOOD- To make milk available in plenty.Now , India has become the largest producer of milk & milk

products.Anand Milk Union Limited [AMUL] was the driving force

behind this movement

Prof . Verghese KurienChairman of the NDDB

FATHER OF WHITE REVOLUTION

BETTER crop yieldsCereals rice, wheat, jowar Carbohydrates

Pulses gram, black gram,green gram ProteinsOil Seeds groundnut, mustard, soyabean

Fruits, Vegetables, Spices vitamins,minerals

Fodder crops sudan grass, Rhodes grass, livestock Barseem, etc

What is Crop???

Defined asThe plants of the same variety grown

at a place at the same time on a large scale are referred to as crop.

Different crops

CULTIVATION includes several activities done by farmers

these activities are spread over a period of time

Climatic Conditions

TemperatureSoil Types

Season Specific

Modern techniques of farming

Better Variety Of Seeds

Better Care of crop plantsProtection of crops

Before and after Harvesting

Hybrid cropsHybridization

Hybridization is a technique of cross – breeding two different varieties of crop plants each having the desired characteristic, to obtain a new varieties having a combination of the desired characteristics.

Hybrid seeds Higher yields Better quality Better resistance to diseases & pests Short period of maturation

Examples of hybrid varietiesRice Jaya, T141 & Wheat

Sonalika,Arjun,Sonara 64, etc.

High yielding varieties

[hyv]