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POLICY REFORMS IN AGRICUTURE (POLICY LESSONS: (TECH . INFUSION FOR…
POLICY REFORMS IN AGRICUTURE
INTRODUCTION:
LAST YEAR INDIA'S AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WAS 23 MT HIGHEST OF ALL TIME ...
DUE TO GOOD RAINS
HIGHER MSP
HIGHER ACERAGE
BUT INDIA ENDED UP IMPORTING 6.6 MT GRAINS..
AND EVENTUALLY THEREWERE FARMER SUCIDES ALSO DESPITE BUMPER HARVEST
POLICY LESSONS:
THERE WERE NO INTRUMENT FOR USING FUTURE PRICE INSTRUEMNTATION. SO FUTURE TRADING MUST BE ALLOWED
THERE ARE ARBITRRAY STOCK LIMIT ON PRIVATE TRADERS. WHICH SHOULD BE RATIONALISED
FROM LAST 10 YEARS PULSES EXPORT WAS BANNED TP ENSURE FOOD SECURITY... BUT PRAGMATISM SHOULD BE FOLLOWED IN YEAR OF BUMPER HARVEST TO PREVENT PRICE CRASH
PULSES ARE STILL UNDER APMC ACT. WHICH SHOULD BE BROUGHT OUT OF APMC
TENANCY REFORMS , LANDLEASING TO BE ALLOWED
TECH . INFUSION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND PROPER SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGMENT
ZERO TILLAGE
ORGANIC FARMING
AGROFORESTRY
PLANTING PERENIAL CROPS
IMPROVEMNET OF SOIL HEALTH:
CAN IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL YIELD, FOOD SECURITY, WATER QUALITY , BIODIVERSITY
ACC. TO ICAR IN 2017-18 $11 BILLION WORTH AGRICULTURE YIELD DESTROYED BECOZ OF WEEDS..
FURTHER CROP LOSS BECAUSE OOF CLIMATE FACTOR
SO A RESILAINT AGRICULTURE INSURANCE MARKET IS REQUIRED
SOLAR POWERED AGRICULTURE IS WAY FORWARD
IRRIGATION THROUGH SOLAR PUMPS
SOLAR PUMPS TO BE INTEGRATED WITH MICROIRRIGATION
COMMUNITY BASED SOLAR PUMPS CAN BE PROVIDED
THESE SOLAR PUMPS ACN BE SUBSIDISED
IN INDIA STILL 53% OF NET SOWN AREA IS RAIN FED - SOLAR PUMPS CAN BE BETTER OPTION HERE
NET METERING SCHEME
WHERE FARMER CAN SUPPLY EXCESS SOLAR ELECTRICITY TO GRID AND EARN INCOME
POLICY BASED DISTORTIONS IN AGRIICULTURE
FAILURE TO ADOPT TECH AND EXCESSIVE GOVT. CONTROL- LEADS TO STAGNANT PRODUCTION. KOLLAM WHICH WAS WORLD'S CASHEW CAPITAL NOW IS REPLACED BY VIETNAM
INDIA PIONEERED GREEEN REVOLUTION, BUT INDIA SCORE 1OO OUT 119 COUNTRIES IN GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX
MSP POLICIES PROMOTES GROWING OF WHEAT AND RICE WHICH IS PROVED HARMFUL TO HEALTH, NUTRITION NA DENVIORNMENT
MAZE OF SUBSIDIES BUT IT MANILY FAVOURS BIG FARMERS BUT MAJORITY OF FARMERS GO UNSERVED (SMALL AND MARGINAL FARMERS)
FARM LOAN WAIVER IS YET ANOTHER KNEE JERK REACTION WHICH NEGLECT THE DEEP ROOTED PROBLEM IN AGRICULTURE
LARGER ISSUES
AGRICULTURE LACKS LOBBYING VOICE
SUBSIDIES LEAD TO USER USE OF UREA
WHICH LEAD TO SOIL SALINITY
DISRUPTION OF CROPPING PATTREN
REGIONAL IMBALANCE
LEAKAGES INPDS
DUE TO THIS FARMER INCOME DIDN'T RISE IN PROPORTION TO RISE IN GDP
LACK OF JOB CREATION
THAT'S WHY 50% POPULATION STILL ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE EVEN AFTER 70 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE