Read MoreMiddlemen, as in the case with agricultural value chains in Kenya, are largely blamed for eroding farmers’ earnings. “The recent international outcry on three agricultural Bills is based on half-truths and lack of understanding about the urgencies of the Indian agriculture sector, which is facing a plethora of problems due to lack of reforms,” explained India’s Agriculture ministry. Others that specific regulators will oversee include fibre crops, food crops, horticulture and another one for industrial crops, where pyrethrum and miraa (khat) will fall under. The Agriculture Ministry has in the recent past been in a push and pull with the tea industry over the implementation of the Tea Act 2020. Another cause for the protest by the Indian tea farmer is that the laws do not guarantee a minimum support price for farmers’ produce as is the case currently.

Source: Standard Digital March 15, 2021 18:00 UTC