Agriculture is now more likely a failed policy hanging over a longer period of time now. Let us keep in mind this loose phrase –If agriculture fails, nothing will succeed. So far, no political agenda is solving this long-standing problem of ours. However, now it is likely becoming a sketchy equation to solve with an ever growing population.
Some scholars claimed that ancient hunter-gatherer societies as peaceful paradises, and argue that war and violence began only with the Agricultural Revolution, when people started to accumulate private property too much than the other.”
Over the years, the onion has become a very essential, and unavoidable ingredient in the kitchen in most cuisines. It became a very important staple food for all kinds of people. However, the current price is something very upsetting, and unkind. The price ranges from place to place Nu. 100.00 per kg to Nu.170.00 per kg across the markets which have affected large sections of society including farmers, traders, and wholesalers. The sudden uprising of the price of this kitchen item has also adversely affected especially the small business, restaurants, and street food vendors. The bitter price rise of this food item has been attributed to a decline in production in Indian farm houses which was due to unseasonal, and errant rainfall that led to an acute shortage.
This is a very interesting phrase I came across recently – “during pre-industrial warfare more than 90 percent of war dead were killed by Starvation rather than by Weapons.” Which I feel is very close and synonymous in current situation. If this trend continues, time isn’t very far from now.
What measures the government are taking to curb such a sudden rise in consumer goods? Should we leave up to Indian business individuals to decide everything or our livelihood? The more we depend on somebody, more they become dominant, and less we become workable, and productive.
One that keeps me worried every time is the mistake we already made. The Foreign Aid in the agriculture sector so far has not done a very promising job. I am sure the Foreign Aid that cashed in must have made few mountains. By calculation, by now we should have a fairly comfortable livelihood and productive farming society if not complete independence. What have we done so far with our Foreign Aid for agriculture?
There is not time for simplicity, and complacency, when the neighbouring friends are keep pushing hard, and unfairly hammering for their export goods. Chilli taxed us so much before, and now onions are making us cry.
Although, almost all our lands are sloppy, and mountains, and rocks, however, we can do better than this in producing some consumer goods and other necessary items in our own soil.
We need somebody committed, who can be with the community throughout assisting, helping, and generating some easy farming ideas in the actual field like Engineers, and technical experts in the DNC project. Instructions from the office so far have not helped by an inch at any part of society. Therefore, ideas without action aren’t ideas!
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