Make agri risk free to ensure stable income for farmers: Economic Survey

Early announcement of trade and domestic policy changes well before sowing of crops: Survey

The second part of Economic Survey of 2016-17 identified the absence of a robust marketing infrastructure along the entire value chain of farming and excessive profiteering by middlemen as main reasons for lower than remunerative price for farmers. The Survey said timely interventions and building marketing infrastructure would make agriculture more resilient and ensure stable income flows to the farmers.

The Economic Survey volume two advocated expansion of irrigated areas to lower production risks, better quality of seeds, pesticides to enhance productivity. This comes against the backdrop of massive nationwide protests by farmers against sharp fall in prices of farm goods, particularly that