Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Thursday 2 June 2011

Agriculture in China



Writing in Times of India ( 05 June, 2012 ), Subodh Varma provides following interesting info re: Chinese agriculture in the province of Sichuan :

Ø  All farming land is owned by the Government

Ø  Village Council allots land-plots to families , provides high yield seeds and arranges fertilizers and pesticides

Ø  In the province of Sichuan , water arrives in canals ( constructed in 256 BCE ), fed by Min River and irrigates 5,300 Square Kilometers of cultivated land. Water flows by gravity !

Ø  Families cultivate whatever they want and sell it wherever they can , for whatever price they get

Ø  A farmer family of four earned about 1,973 Yuan ( approx. Rs 17,500 / $ 312 ) per month in 2010 , according to the National Statistics Bureau of China

Ø  Farmers burn agricultural waste and residue in their fields , to return to their land , important minerals

Ø  China has 108 million heads of cattle ( against India’s 322 million )

Ø  Chinese cows yield as much as 3,700 liters per year of milk ( about 4 times of an Indian cow )




No wonder China does not need :


Ø  A monstrous / corrupt Government machinery for grain procurement

Ø  To store millions of tons of procured grains in the open , to rot under sun and rain

Ø  Then export these food grains by heavily subsidizing private sector exporters

Ø  A corrupt Public Distribution system

Ø  A Food Security Bill



And , unlike India ,China does not have 1.6 Million children ( under 5 ) dying each year due to starvation ( Indian Government likes to call it , “ Malnutrition “ )

Does any political party of India have the courage to include “ Elimination of Starvation “ in it’s election manifesto , for the forthcoming National Election in 2014 ?


With regards

hemen  Parekh


Jobs  for  All  =  Peace  on  Earth

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