Farmers and Farm Land Endangered:Conserve Them

We all know that how much food and water is essential for our survival.Food, shelter and clothing are the three basic needs of human being at all part of globe and since oldest history of it. Other needs in present scenario are health, education, security, justice, etc. which are secondary.Our basic needs are still the same. Moreover, among our three of our basic needs the most important is food.We all are aware that without others survival is possible by some way but without food it can not be imagined.
Water is equally important for our survival as is food.But since we utilize water directly in form in which nature provide us and food provided by nature in some form has to undergo a series of processes(grow crop,extract grains from it and then cook) before it is edible,we must have consider about the food materials significantly.We must plan intelligently to supply food continuously as population growth and lack of farm land are some of the hindering factors which governs it.
Gradually food is becoming scarce which must be major concern and necessary steps must be taken up to avoid and stop starvation in future.Main factors which can be thought to be the reasons are following:
Population growth: This is very famous problem that we are facing in India.It has shown its multi-dimensional demonic effects and that is the reason we are much familiar with this term.In last five to six decades population of India has grown up to more than two times which reveals its malignant face and consequences.Growth of population demands increased food supply which is impossible from same area of farm lands unless effective and very high yielding seeds are developed.High yielding seeds can help us for some more time but it is too not long lasting.
Mobilization of food materials: Government polities are not encouraging to farmers which can bind them in farming. Expenses used in growing a crop from ploughing, irrigation to reaping are not overcomed by output obtained.Government is not able to create such situation for markets to mobilize crop products and dispose at deserving place.One part of country grows and there is abundant amount of some corn or cereal as a result price goes down there and harvester suffers loss.Whether other part of the country is unable to grow that corn because of geological and weather conditions aftereffect that part does not receive it due to which cost there is high.
Decreasing land farms:Farm lands are decreasing day by day because of two reasons.One is population growth and other increasing industries. Increased population occupies agricultural land in housing irrespective of whether the land used is fertile or not.Policy of allocation and acquisition of land for infrastructure development blindly followed and termed as development of nation.When a road or industry is decided to be made land around it happens to be in great demand for housing and marketing immediately.
Statistics show our economy is growing at very fast rate.Experts in this area are successful to allure the experts in government and in media that high contribution of industrial sector and infrastructure in GDP rise is enough for the nation to develop and this type of development is adequate.There is no need to look at rate at which agricultural sector is growing(4% compared to 9% GDP rate).Land acquisition for special economic zones(SEZs), TATA industries in West Bengal, increase in dam height on river Narmada in Maharashtra (resulting area of reservoir to increase capturing a very fertile land), etc. are the examples of inertness of government on this very important subject.
Suppose everybody in the world becomes millionaire or billionaire, how long this would have importance if there is starvation which can arise due to lack of farm land and food despite of that prosperity?If a country 's polity is such that it emphasizes on only economic growth and prosperity,wants to buy food materials from another country, how long can it be driven?That will make it totally dependent on others which will lead to disaster some day.
We must recall our basic form of civilization by giving much attention and importance to agriculture which is very much suited in this conditions.We must never become dependent on others for food.In last few decades India had made developments in science and technology and has used it in creating commodities which are secondary needs for life.Now we must take a turn and use it in development of our primary need.Agriculture sector is the area which has been awaited and neglected since long time.