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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | The price is wrong -Amit Mohan Prasad

The price is wrong -Amit Mohan Prasad

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published Published on Oct 6, 2018   modified Modified on Oct 6, 2018
-The Indian Express

Getting the right remuneration is the most critical issue facing farmers. Government must provide policy, institutional framework for procurement.

The farmer and his income is an important theme of discussion these days. A lot is being written on ways to increasing, and doubling, the farmers’ incomes by the year 2022. Viewed arithmetically, the income of a farmer is a function of three things — the cost of cultivation, production and sale proceeds of the produce. The formula stated in layman’s terms in Hindi is “laagat ghate, upaj badhe aur upaj ka sahi daam mile”.

The cost of cultivation can be influenced by the farmer in a limited manner. Farmers can reduce the consumption of inputs per unit of land by using a better package of practices. However, the rising cost of inputs like seeds, phosphatic and potassic fertilisers, pesticides, etc is not in the hands of farmers. And to my mind, that is why subsidy for inputs remains important.

By using high-yielding variety seeds, mechanisation, fertilisers, irrigation facilities, micro-nutrients and the correct package of practices, it is possible to increase productivity and production. Areas where the yields are substantially less than the national average are the low hanging fruits where, with some concentrated effort and use of technology, it should be possible to enhance the yields quickly.

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The Indian Express, 5 October, 2018, https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/agriculture-sector-rural-farming-income-distress-narendra-modi-govt-5387282/


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