Shillong, Jan 20 (PTI) Immense potential coupled with technology can boost crop production to make North-east self-sufficient in foodgrain by the year 2025, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has said.
"The foodgrain production deficit in the region is 13 per cent. By 2025, the region will need 11,326 million tonnes of foodgrain annually and the technology developed by ICAR can increase the production up to 11,315 million tonnes," ICAR's North East director S V Ngachan said.
The deficit in fruit production is 79 per cent, while that of vegetables is 73 per cent in the region, an ICAR assessment said.
Cautioning that the problem of deficit production of rice in North-east is going to be alarming if the current low productivity scenario continues, Ngachan said the research achievements and innovative technologies developed by ICAR need to be taken to the farmer's doorsteps.
"The foodgrain production deficit in the region is 13 per cent. By 2025, the region will need 11,326 million tonnes of foodgrain annually and the technology developed by ICAR can increase the production up to 11,315 million tonnes," ICAR's North East director S V Ngachan said.
The deficit in fruit production is 79 per cent, while that of vegetables is 73 per cent in the region, an ICAR assessment said.
Cautioning that the problem of deficit production of rice in North-east is going to be alarming if the current low productivity scenario continues, Ngachan said the research achievements and innovative technologies developed by ICAR need to be taken to the farmer's doorsteps.
