The new crop insurance scheme must ensure quick assessment of crop failure and payment of damages.
There is enough expert recommendation on farm policy with the govt . It now needs to boldly implement it
Taking the DBT route for disbursing subsidies and bringing urea under the NBS scheme will help
A strong procurement system, among other things, helped the state record unheard-of agri-growth rise
Unless slogans are backed by strategies, they often fizzle out and remain only ‘show-biz’
The country must double its support to farmers, from the current levels of about 6-8% of the value of agri-output
Govt exposes its poor pulses-price management strategy with raids on traders, paltry imports
Govt must work towards achieving 4% growth in agriculture. Else, India stares at growing inequality
A 1960s-style policy response to control the price of pulses will not work, and instead, be anti-farmer
The state must ration irrigation water and reduce area under sugarcane cultivation.
Access to the best technologies and markets is the basic right of farmers
This would call for a major reorientation of our farm policies
Agriculture policy cannot be just tonnage-centric, it has to have a human face and be farmer-centric
Nabard can take up new roles to tackle irrigation management issues and the lack of market access
Tech-enabled assessment of crop damage and govt subsidy for insurance premiums will help expand coverage.
Crop-neutral incentive structures are the need of the hour
Crop-neutral incentive structures are the need of the hour
With warnings of a drought this year, the urgency for agri-reforms is mounting.
