And for a momentous Friday………which can revolutionise Indian agriculture…. some thoughts….
German major Bayer acquiring US biotechnology giant Monsanto to become the World’s largest.
So what …. Well wondered why at the Lasalgaon (near Nasik – India’s largest onion market) onion prices were Rs 16 per Kg on July 10th and Rs 26 on Aug 16th and last year had touched Rs 110/kg and the poor farmer got only average 10 to15 Rs per kg.
At Koyambedu (near Chennai) the tomatoes market, tomatoes at Rs 100/kg on July 10 th and on August 22nd prices Rs 5/kg oooof…..
China thru Chemchina had already acquired Europe’s largest Seeds & Agro Company – Syngenta.
China, US, and Europe will move to digital agriculture and precision farming, involving latest most modern, customised agronomic and nutrient advice, based on farm sensors, drones and market intelligence of commercial and crop demand data, all networked thru interlinked computers.
Our Lasalgaon, Guntur, Abhor, Burdwan… and other markets, give our farmers the freedom, remove outdated laws, build cold chains, let agriculture be modernised.
Indians are entrepreneurs, we have the capacity, we have the talent, we have all these International companies already operating. Then what’s holding us, corruption and greed of some of us……. Let’s take this chance to change ….. the SEEGOS way.
Let’s build the Agri Research and Infrastructure in India so that …… Never again would we have to import pulses From Canada and onions from …. Pakistan……