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April 18 , 2025
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- ICAR released a policy paper titled Indian Agriculture to 2047-Reshaping Policies for Sustainable Development.
- By 2047, India’s aggregate food demand is projected to exceed twice the current demand.
- Whereas the demand for nutrient-rich foods, including horticultural and animal products, is expected to increase three to four times.
- However, the agricultural lands needed to meet this increased food demand is expected to shrink to 176 million hectares (mha) from the current 180 mha.
- The researchers have called for reallocation of resources from traditional staples to more diverse and nutritionally rich commodities.
- The Indian economy must grow at an annual rate of approximately eight per cent to achieve the status of a developed nation by the year 2047.
- At the same time, the country’s population is expected to reach 1.6 billion with nearly half of Indians residing in urban areas.
- Projections also indicated an increase in the contribution of livestock to the gross value of agricultural output to 39 per cent from the current 31 per cent, and of fisheries to 10 per cent from 7 per cent.
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