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India na poľnohospodárske účely bude do roku 2025 potrebovať 25% viac vody ako v súčasnosti. A ak si pridáme aj Čínu, tak nám vyjdú neuveriteľné čísla spotreby....
The farmers in the country would need 25 percent more water in 2025 than what they are consuming presently to feed domestic population said Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research Mangala Rai.
He said the farmers would in fact require 25 per cent more water in 2025 than what they are consuming currently to produce food grains for feeding the domestic population.
He warned farmers not to misuse water, which is precious, by seeking short-duration rice varieties. The ICAR DG also said that the country can produce 40-50 million tons more food grains by increasing the water-use efficiency level by 10 per cent.
Commenting on productivity of crops, he said the yield level could not be raised unless farmers get remunerative prices for their products.
Pointing out at stagnation in agricultural land, Rai wondered how the production will go up substantially when the total agricultural land at 140 million hectares in 2007 was the same as it was in 1980.
Zdroj:CommodityOnline.com
26.02.2008
