Page 40 - Agriculture Economy

Reforming agriculture

Farming needs to be made profitable

Farm income can't be doubled by 2022 at current growth rate: Govt

The government had so far spent Rs 720 crore through 61 projects for promoting organic farming in the country

CMs' high-powered panel on farm for linking central grants with reforms

It would also find ways in which investment credit in the agriculture sector could be made cheaper to encourage private sector investments

Engineering a makeover of Indian agriculture

Reforms that will increase farmers' incomes and generate rural employment are sorely needed

Growing wheat in north-west, rice in eastern states can reduce water crisis

While 42% of India's land area is currently facing a drought, 88.11% of Punjab's districts and 76.02% of Haryana's are drought-resilient, according to a 2018 study published in Journal of Hydrology

Bayer says India's agriculture economy stressed, banks on new products

Focuses on launching new products to beat the slowdown in India's agriculture economy