Online published on 16 January, 2017.
Traditional Indian civilisation developed an extensive and accurate understanding of the optimal relationship between the environment and human beings and studied ways of optimising the quality and quantity of agricultural output taking into account astronomical and cosmological parameters, the climate and the needs of the ecological milieu. This traditional knowledge studied and admired by eminent Western agronomists was promoted in the Gandhian spirit by JC Kumarappa's economy of permanence much before organic agriculture and environmentally sound practices became internationally recognised methods of protecting and regenerating the land. This article highlights some sustainable and appropriate processes and technologies for suggested agricultural policies.
