Doubling farmers’ income: It’s still a long road ahead
May 10, 2021
The agricultural sector emerged a silver lining amid the adversities of Covid-induced lockdowns last fiscal year - The Hindu
The agricultural sector emerged a silver lining amid the adversities of Covid-induced lockdowns last fiscal year - The Hindu×
The ‘robust’ show amidst the pandemic notwithstanding, the agri sector is still beset with a plethora of problems
Bharat Patil, Baba Sawant, Sammad Kanwade and many other farmers in the Sangli district of Maharashtra are still not able to understand the hullabaloo over “resilience” and “growth” in the agriculture sector during the Covid-19 pandemic.
For many farmers, it’s a Hobson’s choice
January 27, 2021
While APMCs are blamed for price exploitation, open market too has risks
It has been a difficult choice for the farmers to choose between an open market and the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) mandis to sell their crops. While the former exposes them to the insecurities of market, the latter is blamed for exploitation on prices.
To understand the outcome of the new Farm Act to free farmers from the compulsions of the APMC laws and mandi structure,
BusinessLine spoke with farmers across a few States.
Lakshman Singh, a mustard grower from Indragarh taluka of Bundi district in Rajasthan, said that the choice has been a difficult one as there is no price assurance at either place.