Science-based agriculture

THERE has been a persistent call from various quarters that we need to inject science to our agricultural endeavors. They argue that science is the force that will transform our laggard agriculture into a modern, productive and competitive sector.

Expectedly, they recommend the employment of various innovative agricultural practices from the use of drip irrigation, hydroponics, tissue culture, biofertilization, artificial insemination, etc., to more sophisticated ones like the application of satellite and drone technology and artificial intelligence. These will undoubtedly result in raising farm yields while ensuring the production of better quality products.