New Delhi, March 23 -- India is the world's second-largest producer of farm products and blessed with 140 million hectares of sown farmland, nearly 1,200 mm of average annual rainfall and as many as 15 agro-climatic zones.
However, despite this treasure of resources, India's agricultural exports are hardly $ 40 billion a year. With the world expected to add another 2 billion to the current population of 6.8 billion by 2050, we can easily boost annual farm shipments to over $ 100 billion in the near future, which will also help in more than doubling our farmers' incomes.
But this requires a coordinated strategy and leveraging our inherent competitive advantage. Consider milk, where we are not just the world's leading producer, but also hom...