The Gist of Kurukshetra: September 2016

• Combining Traditional Wisdom with Modern Research (Only For The Subscribed Members)

Combining Traditional Wisdom with Modern Research

Can hunger be eliminated from our homes, villages, states, countries or the world in our lifetime? How can we increase the production to satisfy the ever increasing starvation of the expanding population in a contracting and fragmenting fields and environment?

The most central idea to the approaches of increasing productivity for a secured and healthy society today is the strong feeling with conviction that know-how or knowledge must be brought to the people and places that need it the most. And it is in this context that combining conventional and contemporary science with the local wisdom and traditional ecological knowledge comes into picture to face the challenges posed by the increasing demand of food, both in terms of quantity and quality.

Finding and paving the ways for the collaborative works between established and the local remote knowledge together can feed starving and non-nutritious world. As we know that the researchers and the technical experts who create new knowledge and methods must execute and implement their findings by the local farmers hence, maximum collaborations between these two stakeholders to bridge the theories and practices is of paramount Importance.

According to Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), good nutrition is the first defense against disease and the only source of energy to live and be active. Inadequate production of food accompanied by the nutritionally deficient agricultural produces is affecting the generation of youngsters. This lowers their learning capacities and compromises with their future with no compensation starting a positive feedback mechanism of poverty and malnutrition with an apocalyptic consequence on both - individuals and nations. Hence, the increase in production of food without compromising the nutrient contents is the single most important theme of most of the developmental programmes of all the countries. The right to adequate food is universal and good nutrition is essential for all. The impending and emerging challenges of climate change, uneven economic growth, inter and intra-generational disparities and biased technological growth are shaping the present food production which needs to be seen and scrutinised critically.

Scientific techniques becoming a part of local knowledge vs. productivity:

Harnessing the scientific development for the local welfare needs is the major objective of our scientific goals and the main work of the institutions of the government. Some of the interesting scientific techniques which have the potential to revolutionise the agricultural activities on the rural fronts are as follows.

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