Discuss the institutional solutions that the government of India must deliver to farmers to tackle the agrarian distress. (150 Words )
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IAS Parliament 6 years
KEY POINTS
Institutional Solutions to tackle agrarian distress
· Comprehensive Policy framework to Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). CSA aims to tackle three main objectives: sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes; adapting and building resilience to climate change, and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions wherever possible.
· Creation of strong forward and backward linkages in agricultural sector via e-National Agricultural marketing, PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana to prevent the post-harvest losses and provide diversification of employment opportunities to farmers.
· The power subsidy needs to be replaced by direct benefit transfers so that power users can be fully costed and water conservation furthered.
· Embracing lab to land connectivity to pre-empt the adverse impact of a rise in mean temperature. Agricultural research will be vital in increasing yields but also in increasing reliance to all the pathologies that climate change threatens to bring in its wake: extreme heat and precipitation, pests, and crop disease.
· Technologies of drip irrigation, sprinklers, and water management—captured in the “more crop for every drop” campaign—may well hold the key to future Indian agriculture and hence should be accorded greater priority in resource allocation.
Nandadeep 6 years
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IAS Parliament 6 years
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