Do you think that crop diversification is compulsory for doubling the income of farmers in India? Comment (200 Words)
Refer - Financial Express
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IAS Parliament 3 years
KEY POINTS
· With new data on farmer incomes, we estimate again the per hectare incomes, and this time, Punjab appears to be earning even lower than the all-India average.
· Situation Assessment Survey 2019 gives an estimate of (i) incomes earned by AHHs from cultivation, and (ii) the average size of their operational landholdings. Logically, to estimate per hectare incomes, we should take the two data from this report.
· Combining AC 2015-16 data on average landholding sizes with farmer income data from SAS 2019, we calculated per hectare incomes (see graphic).
· In terms of value, maize production generated Rs 65,988/ha in Punjab and Rs 66,616/ha in Bihar.
· Continuing with rice-wheat may yield assured returns, but farming in Punjab is costly, and with depleting water table and deteriorating soil quality, costs are only going to escalate.
· But given the nature of farming and the precarious situation of the average farmer, the path to diversification will not be easy and needs a structured, coordinated and a dynamic policy design.
· The future of agricultural reforms will pivot on state-Centre cooperation. The farmer has to be at the centre, and unless his confidence and trust is regained, no policy will deliver.
prem prince 3 years
kindly review
IAS Parliament 3 years
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Rekha 3 years
Kindly review mam/ sir
IAS Parliament 3 years
Good answer. Keep Writing.
