Agriculture
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How to define a farmer
Context: A research on the 2019 Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households (SAAH) survey suggests that India’s farming population is much smaller than is usually estimated. It categorises as serious/regular those agricultural households that earn at least half of their total household income from crop cultivation. Researchers c... .Read more
Updated on 5 November, 2021 GS3 Agriculture
Saline soil reclamation works wonders in Sundarbans
Context: A unique project of reclamation of soil salinity in the Sonagaon village in Gosaba block has given hope to many farmers of the region. Background In the last week of May 2021, when large areas of the Sundarbans were inundated by saline water under the impact of Cyclone Yaas, farmers across the region had given up hope for fresh crop this se... .Read more
Updated on 17 October, 2021 GS3 Agriculture Environment
Data revolution in Indian agriculture
Context: Recently two significant documents relating to the Indian agriculture sector were released. The first is a consultation paper on the India Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture (IDEA) from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW) and the second on Indian Agriculture: Ripe for Disruption from a private organisation, ... .Read more
Updated on 8 October, 2021 GS3 Agriculture
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India’s farmer population
Context: The National Statistical Office’s Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households (SAAH) report for 2018-19 pegs the country’s “agricultural households” at 93.09 million. Background: The objectives of the survey are: ownership and operational holdings of rural households ownership of livestock income, pr... .Read more
Updated on 4 October, 2021 GS3 Agriculture
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Food System in India
Context: The first and historic United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) 2021 was held in September this year. Background: It concluded after an intense ‘bottom-up’ process conceived in 2019 by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to find solutions and ‘catalyse momentum’ to transform the way the world produce... .Read more
Updated on 4 October, 2021 GS3 Agriculture
Unions challenge delay in paddy procurement
Context: A number of farmer unions from Punjab and Haryana have raised objections to the Centre’s decision to postpone procurement of paddy in both States until 11th October 2021, citing higher moisture content due to rainfall. Background Procurement of paddy at minimum support prices (MSP) for the 2021-2022 kharif marketing season was o... .Read more
Updated on 2 October, 2021 GS3 Agriculture
