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Loan waivers not best solutions: Nitiedit
Deccan Chronicle The Asian Age
Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand on Friday said that there are more effective ways to deal with problems of farmers than loan waivers which benefit only a tiny fraction of agriculturists. States including UP and Maharashtra have announced farm loan waivers adding up to Rs 1.3 lakh crore or 0.8 per cent of GDP this fiscal.
Innovation in agri research can double farmers’ income: MoS for Agriculture Sudarshan Bhagatedit
Innovation in research and agriculture can create new jobs and double the income of farmers, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Sudarshan Bhagat said today. More than 58 percent of the rural families are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood, he said at the inaugural session of a one-day Stakeholders’ Consultative Workshop here. Bhagat said agriculture, like irrigation facilities, storage and cold storage, has immense potential with increase in basic infrastructure.
Helming shift in farming cultureedit
The university has mobilised its entire research machinery and capabilities to map all the 31 districts of the State, collecting every micro detail on soil, climate and water for five major crops that will form the backbone of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s call for the revolutionary crop colonies concept.
Farmer committees will uplift agri sector: Eatala Rajenderedit
Finance Minister Eatala Rajender, along with MLA Dasari Manohar Reddy, had constituted ‘Farmer Coordination Committee’ at Ramalayam in Ithrajpalle village in Sultanabad mandal in the district on Friday. Speaking at the programme, the Minister said that the State government had designed a project to benefit the farmers. Under this project, each farmer will be provided Rs 4,000 per acre as an investment for one crop for taking up agricultural activities.
Balancing Farmer and Consumer Interestsedit
The Madhya Pradesh government, where the farmer agitation turned violent after police firing earlier this year, has approved pilot implementation of a new scheme in kharif 2017. The Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (Price Deficit Financing Scheme) seeks to strike a balance between consumer and farmer interests by paying farmers the difference between the market price (capped at modal market price) and the minimum support price.
Agri challenges can be faced with technologyedit
Climate change, disease control and water management can be done through technology and these are major challenges in agriculture, said Union minister of state for agriculture and farmers’ welfare Sudarshan Bhagat.