3838 The prolonged agitation against the contentious farm laws has prompted researchers, policy-makers and progressive farmers to focus on alternative models of agriculture which are environment-friendly. - iStock
Ruchika M Khanna
AS Punjab’s agriculture would largely become unviable if the Minimum Support Price-based model for wheat and paddy were to be eventually dispensed with as is now being feared the agrarian state desperately needs to look beyond these climatically unsustainable crops and cropping practices, and take its farming to the next level.
The prolonged agitation against the contentious farm laws has prompted researchers, policy-makers and progressive farmers to focus on alternative models of agriculture which are environment-friendly.