Doubling farmers' income: A promising target fraught with challenges
The agricultural sector in India continues to be the major source of livelihood and employment. It contributes 19 per cent to the gross domestic product (GDP) but has a much higher share in total employment at 46.1 per cent. During the sudden lockdown imposed on 20 March 2020 during the COVID-19 pan...
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| author | Bathla, Seema Kumar, Anjani Kumar, Navneet Hussain, Siraj |
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| description | The agricultural sector in India continues to be the major source of livelihood and employment. It contributes 19 per cent to the gross domestic product (GDP) but has a much higher share in total employment at 46.1 per cent. During the sudden lockdown imposed on 20 March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the agriculture and rural sectors that ensured food security to the nation and sustained millions of migrants from cities and towns. While other sectors of the economy were highly stressed, agriculture provided succour to the families affected by the loss of job, income and livelihood. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1748692025-05-29T19:05:35Z Doubling farmers' income: A promising target fraught with challenges Bathla, Seema Kumar, Anjani Kumar, Navneet Hussain, Siraj agricultural sector reforms farmers land ownership income The agricultural sector in India continues to be the major source of livelihood and employment. It contributes 19 per cent to the gross domestic product (GDP) but has a much higher share in total employment at 46.1 per cent. During the sudden lockdown imposed on 20 March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the agriculture and rural sectors that ensured food security to the nation and sustained millions of migrants from cities and towns. While other sectors of the economy were highly stressed, agriculture provided succour to the families affected by the loss of job, income and livelihood. 2025-05-22 2025-05-29T15:07:48Z 2025-05-29T15:07:48Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174869 en Open Access India International Centre Bathla, Seema; Kumar, Anjani; Kumar, Navneet; and Hussain, Siraj. 2025. Doubling farmers' income: A promising target fraught with challenges. IIC Policy Papers. India International Centre. https://iicdelhi.in/doubling-farmers-income-promising-target-fraught-challenges-group-agriculture |
| spellingShingle | agricultural sector reforms farmers land ownership income Bathla, Seema Kumar, Anjani Kumar, Navneet Hussain, Siraj Doubling farmers' income: A promising target fraught with challenges |
| title | Doubling farmers' income: A promising target fraught with challenges |
| title_full | Doubling farmers' income: A promising target fraught with challenges |
| title_fullStr | Doubling farmers' income: A promising target fraught with challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Doubling farmers' income: A promising target fraught with challenges |
| title_short | Doubling farmers' income: A promising target fraught with challenges |
| title_sort | doubling farmers income a promising target fraught with challenges |
| topic | agricultural sector reforms farmers land ownership income |
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