Should Move to Fewer Yet more Productive Farms and Farmers, Says Economic Survey 2018

Should Move to Fewer Yet more Productive Farms and Farmers, Says Economic Survey 2018

New Delhi: Negating the popular belief of more the merrier, the Economic Survey tabled in the Parliament on Monday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stated that India needs to move towards fewer farms and farmers but more productive ones.

“So the irony is that the concern about farmers and agriculture today is to ensure that tomorrow there are fewer farmers and farms but more productive ones. In other words, all good and successful economic and social development is about facilitating this transition in the context of a prosperous agriculture and of rising productivity in agriculture,” said the survey.

The survey also […]

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