The Reviving Green Revolution (RGR) Cell was registered in 2008 under the Society Registration Act, 1860 and is committed to improving rural livelihoods through agricultural development. The origin of RGR Cell is from the Reviving Green Revolution (RGR) Initiative of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust. In 2002, the Trusts launched RGR in Punjab with an objective to promote diversification in agriculture; thus, making it sustainable an
The hey-days of the Green Revolution that swept the granaries of India in the late sixties and seventies saw the adoption of high yielding varieties of wheat and paddy that changed India’s food deficit status. Favorable policies for the cultivation of these two crops, particularly the Government sponsored procurement policy, aided by a Minimum Support Price, encouraged the farmers of Punjab to take up ...
The most critical gaps limiting income from agricultural practices can be easily identified, when technologies/interventions which have an obvious scope for noticeable enhancement in livelihood of small and marginal farmers fail to reach a majority of farmers. To address this issue, the RGR Cell in partnership with local agricultural Universities such as Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and Tamil Nadu Agricultural ...
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