How Farmer Producer Companies change lives and livelihood
Structurally a combination of a cooperative society and private limited company, FPCs are striving to bring more social recognition and better reach for farmers and farming.
Structurally a combination of a cooperative society and private limited company, FPCs are striving to bring more social recognition and better reach for farmers and farming.
The Centre will partner with states to implement a Digital Public Infrastructure for agriculture in the next 3 years, for coverage of farmers and their lands
The Government’s commitment can be gauged from the significant financial outlay of ₹1.52 lakh crore for agriculture and allied activities.
To create these many jobs, there is a need to create the conditions for faster growth of productive jobs outside of agriculture, especially in organised manufacturing and services.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has demanded a separate Union Budget for agriculture with an adequate share of GDP.
India's average annual water availability per capita is likely to drop to 1,367 cubic meters by 2031 from an already-low 1,486 cubic meters in 2021.
The ICRIER researchers point out that the potential for increasing farmers' incomes lies primarily in animal husbandry and pisciculture.
For women, especially in rural India, agriculture is the primary source of income and climatic changes affect their livelihoods, health, safety, and security
In India's rural villages, many women are often overlooked when it comes to securing a plausible income from their family's farmlands.
The organisation has quoted the recent report of the Agriculture Ministry to highlight the fact that the ministry’s expenditure was lower than the budgeted amount for key schemes.