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The Future Of Indian Agriculture
By: sanjeev chopra
At the recent launch (Friday July 5)of Prof Y K Alaghs; book on “The Future of Indian Agriculture' published by the National Book Trust, almost everyone connected with the world of agricultural economics,planning, administration, research and policy was present, and both on-stage and offstage discussions veered on understanding the structural changes in rural India.(read
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Category : Environment
Indian Agriculture Needs An Integrated Approach: Sanjeev Chopra
By: sanjeev chopra
India is rapidly tansforming itself into a liberal, more efficient and progressive economy. However, this transition in rural India has been painfully slow for majority of farmers, especially, marginal and small ones. They are still unable to escape from the powerful clutches and dependence on middlemen, informal, lenders and other intermediaries.(read
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Category : Environment
Sugarcane Sweet Transactions
By: sanjeev chopra
Sugar is sweet, but sugarcane growers are often bitter about the long queues at sugarcane factories, disputes about quantity and quality and uncertainty about the norms of payment. Motorists and other highway users also dread the ‘crushing season' when all roads to sugarcane factories are clogged with tractor trolleys and bullock carts. (read
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Category : Business
Cold chain Development Gathers Pace
By: sanjeev chopra
Accelerated Cold Chain Development to mitigate food inflation was the theme of the fourth Cold Chain Summit, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), on August 29-30 in New Delhi, with support from the Ministries of Agriculture and Food processing Industries.(read
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Category : Business
The Demand And Supply Sides Of Horticulture!
By: sanjeev chopra
While production of horticulture crops is growing, the ‘demand' side is also witnessing a marked growth. As incomes rise and consciousness about ‘healthy foods' increases, there is a significant change in the consumption basket of consumers. Households are spending significantly higher amounts of their expenditure on food to the F&V category.(read
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Category : Business
The Price Of Onions And Potatoes!
By: sanjeev chopra
Come September, and concerns about the prices of onions and potatoes becomes centrestage. Consumption tends to rise because of the festive season, and prices tend to be higher because the market is completely dependent on ‘stored onions' and ‘erratic rainfall' in any of the production centres sends signals which impact prices.(read
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Category : General
The future Of Indian Agriculture!
By: sanjeev chopra
At the recent launch (Friday July 5)of Prof Y K Alaghs; book on “The Future of Indian Agriculture' published by the National Book Trust, almost everyone connected with the world of agricultural economics,planning, administration, research and policy was present, and both on-stage and offstage discussions veered on understanding the structural changes in rural India . (read
entire article)
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Category : Business
Multi-functionality Of Agriculture – Part L
By: sanjeev chopra
Typically, a farm family engages itself in multi-cropping, rearing livestock, primary processing and value addition at the farm level, and in many cases also supports the local handicrafts and services sector. Farmers also make the best possible use of farm residues, and there is practically nothing that does not get recycled.(read
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Category : Business
Multi-functionality Of Agriculture – Part Ll
By: sanjeev chopra
There is some empirical truth in this fact as well, for the numbers of landless labour in India (who do not have any rights over land) are more than the total number of marginal and small farmers. Thus, multi-functionality has no meaning for them, or the large numbers of the urban poor, whose primary concern is the access to affordable nutrition, rather than a return to the highly romanticized versions of bucolic climes!(read
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Category : Business
Cold Chain India And Food Inflation!
By: sanjeev chopra
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) had organized the fourth Cold Chain Summit on 29/30 August in New Delhi with support from the Ministries of Agriculture and Food processing Industries on the theme of Accelerated Cold Chain development to mitigate food inflation.(read
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Category : Business
