Ramakumar, R.  <br/><br/>
Public agricultural science and yield barriers in foodgrains: A long view on the Indian experience 

 - Economic and Political Weekly   
 - 58(43), Oct 28, 2023: p.33-46 
<br/><br/> A descriptive analysis of the building of a national agricultural research system and its role in increasing yield and production of foodgrains in India between the 1950s and the contemporary period is presented. The changing emphases of the scientific establishment in guiding plant breeding efforts given the refinement of technological tools and the larger policy and socio-economic context are traced. Assessing the long-term outcomes of India’s green revolution, selected contrary views on the subject are responded to. Even in the absence of a transformation of production relations and the recent policy shifts that have fostered a crisis of profitability for small and marginal farmers, the achievements of the NARS facilitated a growth of productive forces in India’s agrarian economy.- Reproduced <br/><br/>https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/43/review-rural-affairs/public-agricultural-science-and-yield-barriers%C2%A0.html<br/>