The future of food security will depend on a combination of the ecological prudence of the past and the technological advances of today.

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There are two major challenges before Indian agriculture today: ecological and economical. The conservation of our basic agricultural assets such as land, water, and biodiversity is a major challenge. How to make agriculture sustainable is the challenge.

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Technology can advance yield and productivity, but only public policy can advance the income of farmers. There has to be a synergy between technology and public policy.

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Agriculture can trigger job-led economic growth, provided it becomes intellectually satisfying and economically rewarding.

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The future belongs to nations with grains and not guns.

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If agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right.

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An ever-green revolution implies the enhancement of productivity in perpetuity without associated ecological harm.

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We need a new vision for agriculture … to spread happiness among farm and rural families. Bio-happiness through the conversion of our bio-resources into wealth meaningful to our rural families should be the goal of our national policy for farmers.