Doubling Farmers Income by 2022: Perspective
Debmala Mukherjee
Dept. of Vegetable Science, Faculty of Horticulture, BCKV, Nadia, West Bengal (741 252), India
Tridip Bhattacharjee*
College of Agriculture, Tripura, Lembucherra, Tripura (799 210), India
Subhrajyoti Chatterjee
Dept. of Vegetable Science, Faculty of Horticulture, BCKV, Nadia, West Bengal (741 252), India
P.K. Maurya
Dept. of Vegetable Science, Faculty of Horticulture, BCKV, Nadia, West Bengal (741 252), India
S. Banarjee
Dept. of Vegetable Science, Faculty of Horticulture, BCKV, Nadia, West Bengal (741 252), India
Thingreingam Irenaeus K.S.
College of Agriculture, Tripura, Lembucherra, Tripura (799 210), India
Arup Chattopadhyay
Dept. of Vegetable Science, Faculty of Horticulture, BCKV, Nadia, West Bengal (741 252), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Doubling inceom, Farmers, Farming, Schemes
Abstract
Development of the agriculture sector in India focused primarily on raising agricultural output and improving food security. On the contrary, farmers’ income also remained low in relation to income of those working in non-farm sector. During early 1980, farm income per cultivator was just 34% of income of a non-agricultural worker. The potentiality of high value crops (HVC) to double farmers’ income over the cultivation of staple crops can clearly be understood with a statistical comparison. A number of schemes have been promoted by Govt. of India during the last years. Science that optimizes on the inputs, helps to reduce costs, makes the production more competitive and mitigates any inflationary pressure should be undertaken.
Downloads
not found
Reference
NIL