Farmers Incomes: NABARD All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS) 2016-17 estimates that an average Indian farming household earned `8,931/month (`1,07, 172/year) in the agriculture year 2015-16. This is up from `2,115 earned in 2002-03 as per NSSO’s SAS, implying a compounded
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Divya Veluguri, Ramanjaneyulu G V, Lindsay Jaacks https://www.epw.in/journal/2019/26-27/review-rural-affairs/statewise-report-cards-ecological-sustainability.html The dependence of agriculture on natural resources requires sustainable management of these resources for risk mitigation and management, particularly in the context of increasing farmer distress and vulnerability to risks associated with climate change. Using a
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One significant shift in agriculture policy discourse in the country is a shift towards direct income support measures. Several states have already announced their own versions of the scheme Telangana (Rytu bandhu), Odisha (Kalia) and Andhra Pradesh (Annadata Sukhibava). The latest to join
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When Suresh Ediga asked me to write forward to his new collection of stories ‘A Crisis Called Farming’ i was more than excited. Suresh is not only a good friend of me but i feel one of the best human beings i
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https://thelogicalindian.com/exclusive/activist-dr-gv-ramanjaneyulu/ Pooja Chaudhuri June 23rd, 2017 2k SHARES “I owe my understanding of the Indian agricultural economy to all the months that I spent preparing for the Indian Civil Services. When I cleared the examination in 1994, I had two choices before
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