{"id":95484,"date":"2021-03-15T19:11:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T13:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=95484"},"modified":"2021-03-27T19:20:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T13:50:22","slug":"growth-plan-for-agriculture-sector-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/growth-plan-for-agriculture-sector-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth plan for Agriculture sector in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source- <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/agriculture-sector-farm-income-modi-govt-farm-laws-farmers-protests-7228496\/\">The Indian Express<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus \u2013 GS 3 &#8211; <\/strong>Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis- <\/strong>Indian agriculture sector needs infrastructure investment, linking FPO\u2019s with the market and a diversified approach that considers state-specific issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Significance of Agriculture in India<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The sector provides the highest number of employments-<\/strong> as it engages 42 per cent of the country\u2019s workforce.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Addresses Malnutrition problem and provides food security in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Augmenting Economic Growth-<\/strong> The agriculture sector contributed 17-18% to the country\u2019s GDP and d demographically the broadest economic sector. It plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic fabric of India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Therefore, the agriculture sector needs to grow not only for the farming community but also for the entire economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Standardized all-India agricultural strategy<\/strong> \u2013 There is too much diversity in the Indian state in terms of endowments, access to market opportunity, climate and weather changes, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thus, the agriculture policy should be customized on the basis of needs, vulnerabilities, and resource-base of each state<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to grow agriculture sector in India?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>First, Investing in agriculture infrastructure- <\/strong>The most sustainable way to increase farmers\u2019 real incomes over the long term is\u00a0through investments in productivity-enhancing areas, ranging from &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Development-<\/strong> Create roads, storage, transportation, railways, and many other services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Irrigation facilities.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Agricultural research and development.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Development of rural and marketing infrastructure.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For example \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Importance of developed Infrastructure- <\/strong>Bringing markets closer to farmers and improving the productivity of value chains emerged as key factors for agriculture growth in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Access to irrigation-<\/strong> States like Gujarat and Punjab&#8217;s high agri production is the reason of access to adequate irrigation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>2. Second, Diversifying India\u2019s food basket-<\/strong> diversification towards high value agricultural products like fruits, vegetables, and allied activities like dairy and poultry.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Diversification has been found to strengthen a state\u2019s agri-performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Third, States needs to undertake timely and speedy policy reforms &#8211;<\/strong> Agriculture is a state subject in India, and the Centre may only advise state governments on needed reforms.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>According to <strong>Agricultural Markets and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index\u00a0(AMFFRI)<\/strong>, states which have undertaken policy reforms have also witnessed faster agri-GDP growth rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Way forward-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Institutional changes-<\/strong> Agriculture must move from a production-centric to a value-chain strategy, with FPOs at the core and linking small-holder FPOs with markets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Investment-<\/strong> India need to investment in basic infrastructure, like roads, markets, power supplies, and agriculture R&amp;D.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rationalizing subsidies<\/strong> (both input and output) via direct income transfer \u2013\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Subsidies for agriculture have resulted in unmindful use of resources such as water and electricity and skewed the cropping pattern<\/li>\n<li>Monoculture farming has resulted in an increase in pest and disease attacks on crops and higher usage of chemical fertilizers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Government should pay farm subsidies via direct income transfer so that they reach the right beneficiaries and should withdraw subsidies and possibly convert them to capital investments in the sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source- The Indian Express Syllabus \u2013 GS 3 &#8211; Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing. Synopsis- Indian agriculture sector needs infrastructure investment, linking FPO\u2019s with the market and a diversified&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/growth-plan-for-agriculture-sector-in-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Growth plan for Agriculture sector in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10319,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700805487,"cached_date":1704938360},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}