Agri reform: From production to profitability

The idea of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022, when the country completes 75 years of its independence, was shared by prime minister Narendra Modi at a kisan rally in Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) in February 2016. The announcement triggered a multitude of committees, panels, and agendas to be set up at...

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Main Author: Verma, Smriti
Format: Opinion Piece
Language:Inglés
Published: Indian Express Group 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147131
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description The idea of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022, when the country completes 75 years of its independence, was shared by prime minister Narendra Modi at a kisan rally in Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) in February 2016. The announcement triggered a multitude of committees, panels, and agendas to be set up at various tiers of the government in pursuance of this objective. Despite zealous efforts made by government agencies toward fulfilment of this goal, the state of farmers and agriculture has shown little or no improvement. We must look for new pathways that can leverage India’s advantages of abundance in land, water, fertile soil, cheap labour, and favourable agro-climatic conditions to the benefit of farmers as well as farming. Farmer business school (FBS) is a new idea picking up steam across developing countries for making agriculture a profitable enterprise.
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spelling CGSpace1471312024-10-25T08:04:21Z Agri reform: From production to profitability Verma, Smriti profitability extension programmes extension education agricultural production agricultural extension farmers reforms farm income production costs The idea of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022, when the country completes 75 years of its independence, was shared by prime minister Narendra Modi at a kisan rally in Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) in February 2016. The announcement triggered a multitude of committees, panels, and agendas to be set up at various tiers of the government in pursuance of this objective. Despite zealous efforts made by government agencies toward fulfilment of this goal, the state of farmers and agriculture has shown little or no improvement. We must look for new pathways that can leverage India’s advantages of abundance in land, water, fertile soil, cheap labour, and favourable agro-climatic conditions to the benefit of farmers as well as farming. Farmer business school (FBS) is a new idea picking up steam across developing countries for making agriculture a profitable enterprise. 2019-12-13 2024-06-21T09:11:29Z 2024-06-21T09:11:29Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147131 en Open Access Indian Express Group Verma, Smriti. 2019. Agri reform: From production to profitability. Financial Express. Published online on December 6, 2019. https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/agri-reform-from-production-to-profitability/1785847
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Agri reform: From production to profitability
title Agri reform: From production to profitability
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reforms
farm income
production costs
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