Having said all the above, there still remains the question of certain preconditions which alone can make any change effective. This is a much wider question which encompasses the entire social and economic environment of the country. The need for change in basic outlook and thinking is a precondition not only for bringing in a new era in agriculture but in all other walks of life as well. Institutional changes constitute an important precondition of progress. Thus, a technological change in agriculture would require a new institutional set-up without which the change is bound to be devoid of the multiplier and accelerator force which can ensure its sustenance and all-pervasiveness. We will have, therefore, to think of institutional changes in relation to tenancy, credit, storage, marketing and a host of other related fields. Considerable work has already been done in this direction during the last twenty years. But the need for a flexible institutional set-up to cater to the requirements of change needs no special emphasis.
These are soms of the important aspects of the strategy of agricultural revolution that will constantly demand our attention and effort. The basic task before us is that of increasing the size of technological sector in agriculture relative to the traditional one. A growth rate of 5 per cent per annum in our agricultural production can in no way be considered unattainable. But it will certainly call for a package programme consisting of production oriented and adaptive research, efforts to modernise the farmer's mind and increasing the availability of required inputs. This is a task that will have to be viewed as a challenge which must be accepted and met. This, in the ultimate analysis, is a challenge for survival. No country can afford to be dependent for its basic necessities on others and still aspire to be economically strong.
To bring about an agricultural revolution in the country is a gigantic task. In a way, that would be the harbinger of a social transformation of a tradition-bound society.
