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Indian Farming August 1944

1944

8 COMMODITY COMMITTEES THE establishment of the Indian Central Cotton Committee in 1921 as a result of the recommendation of the Indian Cotton Committee of 1917-18 and its subsequent incorporation under the Indian Cotton Cess Act 1923 has been one of the landmarks in the history of Indian agriculture. [...] It represented the establishment of the first private organiztion possessed of a permanent and independent source of income and entrusted with its expendture for the special purpose of the improvement and development of the growing marketing and manufacture of one of the chief agricultural products in India. [...] On the research side it has been largely responsible for the introduction of many improvements in the yield and quality of Indian cotton in the discovery of ways and means of combating insect pests and fungal diseases in the better understanding of the physiology of the cotton plant and in increasing the income which the grower derives from this crop. [...] 8 committees for each of the important agricultural commodities or groups of commodities should form an essential feature of the future develoment of agriculture and animal husbandry in India and the Memorandum on development recently issued by the Advisory Board of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research regards their establishment as one of the major directions in which the Centre can [...] They may be expected with confidence not only to achieve much in increasing the production of foodgrains essential to the steadily growing population of the country and in providing for the better nourishment of the people but also in catering more fully for the needs of commerce and industry.
agriculture environment
Pages
56
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120055
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-344 unknown view
Commodity Committees
345-346 unknown view
Trial Rations for Cattle
346-348 unknown view
Preservation of Green Forages in India
349-351 S. Momin view
Ruralization of Industry in India
352-355 C.H. Parr view
Some Common Breeds of Goats in India-II
356-358 S.K. Sen view
Utilization of the Waste Products of Tobacco
359-361 T. Rao view
Brooding
362-364 A.J. Macdonald view
Eri Silk Industry in Assam
365-366 H.K. Handi view
Dairy Industry in the Punjab I. Fodder Problems
367-371 Malik Khan, Sultan Chaudhry view
What the Scientists are Doing
372-372 unknown view
What would You Like to Know ?
373-373 unknown view
What’s Doing in All-India
374-381 unknown view
The Month’s Clip
382-386 unknown view
Racial Elements in the Popula-tion
387-387 B.S. Guha view
Annual Review of Bio-chemis-try and Allied Research in India—Vol. XIII for 1942
388-388 unknown view
From All Quarters
389-390 unknown view
Backmatter
i-iv unknown view

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