Thursday, February 9, 2012

VJAS demands White Paper on Govt. Official Survey 120 Million Hectare degrading land due to Faulty Agri. practices affecting Agri. Growth.


VJAS demands White Paper on Govt. Official Survey 120 Million Hectare degrading land due to Faulty Agri. practices affecting Agri. Growth.

NAGPUR Dated- Feb 9, 2012

Govt. of India's main research institutes that's Indian council of agriculture research (ICAR) premier wing who monitored national soil survey and responsible for land use planning known as National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP) has come out with very shocking survey of degradation of cultivable land after introduction of chemical farming in India and excessive use of chemicals and pesticides and very wrong crop patterns adopted by farmers and promoted by state and Agriculture university has resulted in more than 120 million hector which is in deteriorated condition.

Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJAS) farmers activist group has urged central Govt. of India tp publish wihte paper on recent survey of vot.National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP) that of the total 329 million hectare land area of the country, 120.4 million hectare as UPA Govt. has been claiming that they are on doorstep second green revolution with help of genetic engineering promoted America but this survey has exposed failure of so called food sufficiency brought about by the Green Revolution as truth of its consequences on the quality of land and water in the country has left farming community to keep land without cultivation that has crossed 120 million hector mark hence there should be national debate , Kishor Tiwari, president Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, (VJAS), activist group working for cotton farmer rights in a Press release today.

"we have raising this issue of degradation soil in vidarbha due wrong cultivation practices and non-fertility of land resulting very low yield asking farmers to either commit suicide or quit farming ,this is very serious issue as review over uncontrolled use of toxic chemicals and fertilizers to increase the yield of crops should be addressed.we demand complete ban on chemical farming in agrarian crisis hit area where farmers are being forced for mono crop and using unregulated fertilizer and pesticides" Tiwari added.

"Now Govt. own survey says that many regions of India where dry land farmers are doing cash crops like cotton sugarcane , there is severe degradation land due to reasons like soil erosion, accumulation of toxic waste, saline deposits, wind erosion, water logging, hence corective action by state is must " Tiwari added.

'National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP) survey throw light on several faulty practices in agriculture, which is now largely dependant on market forces, has led to this scenario ,has done the grate ecological damge to fertility of Indian soil . VJAS demads remedial measures of the report should be implemented, like bringing about a sustainable level of productivity without compromising on soil ecology hence we demand white paper on the this survey report'Tiwari urged .

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