Prime Minister Modi’s major speech on agriculture It is nice to see that the Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi made an impressive speech on India’s agriculture sector and India’s Food Processing sector. Many things the PM touched and we welcome his observations. The PM said how India’s potential in the agriculture sector is such that we…
Category: Agriculture
Corporate responsibility in agriculture!
What urban India owes back to rural producers? Create one more body with specific goals to uplift and safeguard farmers! As we write there is news about one more farmer committing suicide in Yavatmal district in Maharashtra. Yes, this is one more routine news? No, it is not. It is one more reminder of the…
Media freedoms, the urban and rural media!
Building a brand name for agri media! Political climate critical for media freedoms to thrive. News is not information! Only controversial news is news! In agri sector there is no scope for controversies, except farmer’s suicides! Even that doesn’t make new3s now! So, agri media must get between social and political recognition. See even the…
Let us liberalise the agri sector!
Give more freedoms to farmers! That is the way to increase investments and agri production! Indian agriculture is now orphaned! For lack of patronage and awareness! Corporate support is almost nil and the government is no less negligent. Why we say this at this juncture? For the obvious reason that even otherwise, there is a…
Let us liberalise the agri sector!
Give more freedoms to farmers! That is the way to increase investments and agri production! Indian agriculture is now orphaned! For lack of patronage and awareness! Corporate support is almost nil and the government is no less negligent. Why we say this at this juncture? For the obvious reason that even otherwise, there is a…
We need radically a changed agricultural policies!
To take advantage of the size of our farming industry and also the new opportunities opening in international trade! Seems we are very sluggish country when it comes to farm sector reforms! Let the government invite advice from experts! From here and also from abroad! A new India -China study, reported in the mainstream media…
Indian agriculture in a crisis phase
What can be done, both in the short and the long-term? Short-run solutions are obvious. Give farm loans waiver! Easy to say, difficult to implement! This demand and also conceding the demand is now more a political decision and it is for the Prime Minister, more than for anyone to take a final decision. Farmers…
Doubling farm incomes in five years?
Is it just a mirage and election-eve slogan? Indian agriculture won’t change easily Government budget is still subsidy-driven and populist only. You see, there are many experts who are specialists in agri sector. Also, there are rural experts, many highly devoted and committed to rural India and also others who can give a summary of…