-One World South Asia Policy Analyst Devinder Sharma strongly advocates that the income a farmer earns in India should be de-linked from the price that his crops fetch in the market. New Delhi: Indian Agriculture is faced with a terrible agrarian crisis. It is a crisis primarily of sustainability and economic viability. The spate of farmer suicide and the willingness of farmers to quit Agriculture if given a choice is a stark...
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Urbanization and Spatial Patterns of Internal Migration in India -S Chandrasekhar and Ajay Sharma
-Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) With an urbanization level of 31.16 percent in 2011, India is the least urbanized country among the top 10 economies of the world. In addition, unlike other countries, the transition of workforce out of Agriculture is incomplete. This coupled with jobless growth in recent years has contributed to an increase in certain migration streams. While rural-rural migration continues to be the largest in terms...
More »Improving Indian Food Security: Why Prime Minister Modi Should Embrace the WTO -Joshua Meltzer
-Brookings India's Agriculture policies aimed at improving its food security have received increased scrutiny following the December 2013 World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial meeting in Bali, where India's position on this issue almost doomed the entire talks. In fact, the growing use of Agriculture subsidies by India and other developing countries like China are changing the dynamics of the WTO negotiations for new Agriculture subsidies commitments, where the focus had previously...
More »Gujarat farmers, experts root for new rice transplant method
-PTI Ahmedabad: Farmers in Gujarat have asked the state government to adopt a new technique that helps in increasing the yield of rice as part of its farm policy. 'System of Rice Intensification' (SRI), a method of boosting yield of the key kharif crop, has been adopted by some of the States in the country. Nearly 100 farmers from Dang, Valsad and Navsari districts want Gujarat to implement this procedure and incorporate it...
More »Water conservation measures in Western Ghats pay off -J Arockiaraj
-The Times of India MADURAI: The percolation pond at Mottanuthu at the foothill of Western Ghats of Elumalai town panchayat now abounds with water. Earlier, locals had no way to store rain water. The mango orchards nearby were vulnerable to the vagaries of nature. Not anymore. The efforts of the District Watershed Development Agency (DWDA) in Madurai to conserve water have paid off. Madurai district was offered Rs 172 lakh grant by...
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