There is a consensus in the country that farmers’ incomes instead of increasing have either declined or have remained stagnant. Even the union agriculture minister acknowledged that minimum support prices are not being received by the farmers in many crops. There is an obvious paradox that the government has to deal with and that is balancing inflationary pressures due to higher prices and containing farmer’s distress and improving their income. When there is no incentive to use water efficiently, farmers will tend to flood irrigate their field. f) Community-level, small farm, machinery/devices banks must be created to reduce drudgery and improve the productivity of farm workers.

Source: dna January 07, 2018 02:37 UTC