Agriculture in INDIA: The condition of Farmers with solution
Contents
- Agriculture in India
- Global trends in Agriculture
- Some Important Facts
- Where is the problem
- A Permanent Solution
- Gifting our Farmers a Gift they Need
Agriculture in India
India is an Agriculture major country, it is the backbone of the Indian employment sector as 60% of our population is engaged in Farming related activities. As we have a vast variety of seasons here we are also capable of growing a wide variety of crops.
Rice and wheat are the Staple food crops but along with them Pulses, fruits, cereals, etc.
Along with crops, India is also a Fishery giant with a catch of about 3 million metric tons annually. It ranks India in the top 10 fishing Nations of the world.
Global trends in Agriculture
India has been engaged in Agriculture since 9000 BCE, and we are engaged majorly in Agriculture but still, we are unable to get a crop quality above the global standards.
A Survey of the United Nations Organisation shows that the Agricultural share of central government expenditure percentage of developed countries is lower than the world while the Asia Pacific governments have the largest shares. Malawi spends the most on Agriculture.
India Ranked 87th in terms of Cereals yield per hectare in terms of Kg with a value of 2984.10, while our neighbouring country china ranked 27th with a value of 5886.40, which is twice the amount of India.
UAE, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Kuwait topped the list with a value production of 41,907.80, 24,485.70, and 21,844.70 respectively which are 14, 8, and 7 times more than India.
Some Important Facts
- Agriculture in India has a 43% share in employment, but 17% contribution in GDP.
- According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 2,96,438 Indian farmers have committed suicides since 1995.
- Exports of agricultural products in India decreased from 131.24 INR billions to 187.12 INR Billion in September 2019.
- India's fishing industry employs more than 14 million people and exports seafood worth US$ 5.78 billion.
- India ranks 2nd in the list of Shark fishing Nations after Indonesia.
- India is the largest producer of milk, pulses, and jute.
- India is the second-largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnut, vegetables, fruit, and cotton.
- National Farmers Day is celebrated on 23 December every year.
Where is the Problem?
The most affecting problem of Agriculture in India starts during the election period when the political leaders seek votes in the name of loan wavier and subsidies. The farmers are uneducated, unaware of modern scientific farming practices. they are unaware that what they need are better irrigation systems, storage warehouses, poor processing units, etc and not loan wavier or subsidies. This cycle continues and will continue if they don't learn what needs to be learned.
Another problem is corruption. There are various people and middler who take their commissions and bribes to help the farmers to get the benefits issued by the government.
Irregular weather, heavy rain, draughts, storms are some of the other problems that our farmers face that need to be solved and insurance for crops should be started at a large scale.
A Permanent Solution
- Compulsory agricultural education should be given to all the farmers
- Better infrastructure in rural areas like roads, irrigation facilities, warehouse, easy access to anajmandis.
- Overall implementation of scientific agriculture,
- A complete ban of harmful pesticides and fertilizers,
- Establishment of compost machines in every village to create manure in large amounts,
- Setting up industries for sustainable bio-fertilisers.
- Easy availability of crop insurances to farmers in India.
- Increased investment in agricultural research and development
Gifting our Farmers a Gift they need
The government is turning many loss-making public sector industries into the private sector. the shares of government in such industries have been sold out in auctions. This is done to improve the quality of product and services and to lift up some load from the shoulders of the government.
Similarly, the agriculture sector should also be directly interconnected with the corporate world. In this working, the private company will connect with farmers and guide them in the crop production based on their research. The company will provide the farmers with the required infrastructure in partnership with the government. The Company will have its own crop insurances with the banking industry. The Company will collect the crop produced from the farmers from their collection centres and distribute them in or outside the Country. The Company will give the farmers the worth of their crop according to the rates of the market.
This method will lead to better crop quality and quantity. It will help farmers connect with the corporate world. It will provide job opportunities and lighten the load and pressure from the Farmers and will ultimately lead to reduced suicide rates among the Farmers.
This method will lead to better crop quality and quantity. It will help farmers connect with the corporate world. It will provide job opportunities and lighten the load and pressure from the Farmers and will ultimately lead to reduced suicide rates among the Farmers.
Reference
- Employment in Agriculture around the world.
- 10 Important Government Agricultural Schemes
- Types of Agricultural practices in India
- Ranking of countries in Cereal Yields production per Hectare
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