Is it unfair for farmers to demand a guaranteed higher price?
Historic fall in farm households’ income in 2022-23 points to the agrarian crisis which calls for multipronged policy responses For the first time in Indian history, farm households’ monthly expenditure (MPCE) has fallen below non-farm (and average) rural households, a national daily has reported (MoSPI released only a three-page brief). The HCS/MPCE being the proxy […]
Livestock sector Catching Up in Recent Years
The allied sectors of Indian agriculture – livestock, forestry & logging and fishing & aquaculture are gradually becoming sectors of buoyant growth and a potential source of better farm incomes. The livestock sector grew at a CAGR of 7.9 per cent during 2014-15 to 2020- 21 (at constant prices), and its contribution to total agriculture […]
Dairying is a stable source of income for farmers: Economic Survey 21-22
The agriculture sector has experienced buoyant growth in the past two years. The sector, which is the largest employer of workforce, accounted for a sizeable 18.8 per cent (2021-22) in Gross Value Added (GVA) of the country registering a growth of 3.6 per cent in 2020-21 and 3.9 per cent in 2021-22. Growth in allied […]
India’s dairy sector seriously needs government’s care
The perspective and the importance of the sector Agriculture and allied activities contribute about 15% of the total gross value added (GVA) of India. Out of this, the livestock and dairy sector contributed about 28% of the whole sector in FY 2019-20. The milk sector has been growing by 6% per annum and it provides […]
Doubling the Dairy farmer’s income : A Gross Value add approach in dairy sector
This news is an excerpt from a recent strategy document by TV Mohandas Pai and Nisha Holla and is focused on livestock and dairy sector only. Studying trends of Gross value add in agriculture is very critical in developing strategy for agriculture sector. These trend lines actually help in developing strategies for doubling the farmer’s […]
