Tag: agricultural growth
2 Results
-
How inclusive has been our growth?
Over the past couple of years theories of inclusive growth have found growing relevance in the Indian agricultural sector. This owes to the mounting tensions tied to myriad issues spread over drought, irrigation water shortage, crop failure, volatility in market prices (nationally as well as globally), higher input costs, lack of appropriate food-storage, processing and …
Continue reading "How inclusive has been our growth?"
September 29, 2017 -
Agriculture is in a crisis and farmers will not remain silent: former ICAR chief
The central and state governments should pump in about Rs 50,000 crore ($7.5 billion) to transform half a million or one million hectares of fallow land into farmland and create the right atmosphere for private investment to rid the country of the ongoing agrarian crisis, says an eminent agricultural scientist. “India is facing an agrarian …
Continue reading "Agriculture is in a crisis and farmers will not remain silent: former ICAR chief"
September 20, 2017