Agriculture in the Indus Valley was solely dependent on GOOD QUALITY SOILS. A range of food grains were grown to feed the population. Animal Husbandry was part of Agriculture.

In the Middle Ages, Indian Spices from south India was shipped to Mediterranean regions.

Having faced severe drought and replacement of food crops by commercial crops during British era, when country underwent famine, it resultied in food insecurity and had to look for foreign Aid to feed the population.

Agriculture revolution in the 60’s, with introduction of dwarf variety of Wheat supported by Chemical Inputs and Irrigation, slowly made the country, progressively enhance its food production, leading to country, becoming a food surplus Nation.

Today with a global population of 7.9 Billion, shrinking arable land, surplus disposable Income with the population, the shift appears to be from, Quantity to Quality.

Health consciousness,COVID pandemic and conflicts in many Geographies is throwing up new opportunities and challenges to Nations.

To harness the new era opportunities, both local and global, meet Quality requirements of consumers and importing countries, the challenge is to quickly change over to the crops in demand and focus on Quality requirements.

For both farming system switch over and meet Quality needs, soil health and its fertility status will play a vital role. So the need of the hour is to quickly focus on soil and make them suitable for such farming.