Synopsis
The priority of a self-reliant India should be a self-reliant farming sector. Connecting all stakeholders within the agri value chain would be a step towards the goal of making India agriculturally self-reliant.
Agricultural value chains include the distribution of goods, expertise and awareness between small farmers and customers, adding value at each point of the output and consumption process.
The agriculture employs around 58% of the population contributing significantly to the Indian economy and accounting for 13% of total exports from the country. India continues to be a major supplier in the global food basket, as it is the world's leading producer and consumer of milk, wheat, pulses, basmati rice, spices, oil, meat, sugar, cotton and castor oil.