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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| author | Pradhan, Mamata Roy, Devesh |
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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 |
| spellingShingle | public distribution systems 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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