Mint

The NITI Aayog member said that increasing use of labour-saving technologies such as robotics and AI in manufacturing warrants the creation of more jobs in agriculture and allied sectors.

Financial Express

The worth and the woolliness of the word ‘sustainability’ depends a great deal on who one is talking to and whose perspective is being sought. In the field of agriculture, there are corporates and consultants that glisten it endearingly with a rare sense of purposefulness that precedes any pursuit for profits.

Politicians paste it as a label on policy proposals to promote their popular and planet-friendly appeal, NGOs and activists read it as mere grandstanding garbing greenwashing and to farmers it conjures up images of a struggle that has less to do with the end-of-the-planet concerns and more to do with worries about their household finances at the end of the month.

Hindustan Times

India’s food security is at a crossroads, with the looming threat of climate change echoing across its agricultural economy. As temperatures rise, agricultural yields drop, providing suitable ground for the growth of weeds and pests in this changing environment.

The climate crisis has spread a wide shadow, not just sapping agricultural yield, but also threatening agriculture’s essential base – water. In a country where rainfed farming has always been the foundation, the uncertainties brought about by changing rainfall patterns and a decline in rainy days provide a significant and fretting challenge.