Introducing ragi in the PDS is fraught with challenges

After a gap of three years, the Karnataka government has reintroduced ragi/finger millet in its public distribution system (PDS). To feed the PDS system, the government has announced a procurement price much higher than the market price and introduced bonuses. With interventions on the sides of both...

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Main Authors: Pradhan, Mamata, Roy, Devesh
Format: Opinion Piece
Language:Inglés
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147290
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description After a gap of three years, the Karnataka government has reintroduced ragi/finger millet in its public distribution system (PDS). To feed the PDS system, the government has announced a procurement price much higher than the market price and introduced bonuses. With interventions on the sides of both production as well as consumption, the objectives are to improve nutrition and increase the climate-resilience of agriculture since ragi is a drought-resistant crop and to improve returns for the farmer.
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spelling CGSpace1472902024-10-25T08:00:05Z Introducing ragi in the PDS is fraught with challenges Pradhan, Mamata Roy, Devesh public distribution systems finger millet agricultural policies drought resistance nutrition climate change adaptation climate change After a gap of three years, the Karnataka government has reintroduced ragi/finger millet in its public distribution system (PDS). To feed the PDS system, the government has announced a procurement price much higher than the market price and introduced bonuses. With interventions on the sides of both production as well as consumption, the objectives are to improve nutrition and increase the climate-resilience of agriculture since ragi is a drought-resistant crop and to improve returns for the farmer. 2018-01-17 2024-06-21T09:12:57Z 2024-06-21T09:12:57Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147290 en Open Access Pradhan, Mamata; and Roy, Devesh. 2018. Introducing ragi in the PDS is fraught with challenges. Hindustan Times. Published online on January 15, 2018. http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/introducing-ragi-in-the-pds-is-fraught-with-challenges/story-UvIqFTEJ6CLuuOHRILr0xJ.html
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finger millet
agricultural policies
drought resistance
nutrition
climate change adaptation
climate change
Pradhan, Mamata
Roy, Devesh
Introducing ragi in the PDS is fraught with challenges
title Introducing ragi in the PDS is fraught with challenges
title_full Introducing ragi in the PDS is fraught with challenges
title_fullStr Introducing ragi in the PDS is fraught with challenges
title_full_unstemmed Introducing ragi in the PDS is fraught with challenges
title_short Introducing ragi in the PDS is fraught with challenges
title_sort introducing ragi in the pds is fraught with challenges
topic public distribution systems
finger millet
agricultural policies
drought resistance
nutrition
climate change adaptation
climate change
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