GROUP V Presentation on Agrarian Crisis and Agricultural Crisis-Issues and Solutions

Participating States Karnataka (Group Leader) Kerala Andhra Pradesh Telangana Tripura Sikkim Rajasthan Bihar Tamil Nadu

Factors related to Agrarian Crisis Climate change/Natural Calamities Declining share of Agriculture in GDP Large proportion of small and Marginal Holdings Limited access to irrigation

Factors related to Agrarian Crisis Higher indebtness of farmers as compared to their income Limited access to institutional Credit Borrowings from money lenders leading to harassment

Factors related to Agrarian Crisis Crop failure and low crop yield Price fluctuation and non renumerative prices Failure of investments such as Borewells Socio-economic factors-Rising expenditure on social consumption and Health Loss of Livestock due to diseases Increasing Tenancy and Tenancy cost

Solutions Easy and affordable credit access Reduce harassment of Farmers by Private Money lenders Infrastructure support Risk mitigation through Crop Insurance/Market Intervention Farmer Producers Organisation/Joint liability Groups/SHGs

Solutions Crop Counselling and awareness creation Linking land value while sanctioning bank loan for Agriculture Financial Counselling Diversification of Livelihood activities

Solutions Drought proofing through Watershed Management Shift in focus from production to Post Harvest Management (Emphasis on Cold storage/Warehouses) Encouraging Entrepruenership among agri graduates (Agriclinics and Agribusiness)

Initiatives by Government of India Reduce cost of cultivation to ensure renumerative returns (SHC/PKVY/NCU/PMKSY) Encouraging sustainable Agriculture (NFSM/MIDH/NMOOP/NMAET) Bonus of Rs. 200 per quintal in case of Pulses over and above MSP Enhancement of Input Subsidy (under NDRF) for crop loss

Initiatives by State Government Karnataka Krishi Bhagya Custom Hiring Service Centres (Krishi Yanthradhare) Special Package for Ragi and Jowar Contingency Crop Plan upto sub block level Enhanced Subsidy to SC/ST on all inputs

Krishi Bhagya Harvesting of rain water, storage, lifting and efficient use of scarce water and promoting high value crops including pulse and coarse cereals 17768 farm ponds completed Scheme is being implemented in the form of package. The components are farm pond, diesel pumpset micro irrigation, poly house , cropping system and animal husbandary

Custom Hire Centers KRISHI YANTHRA DHARE Established of 183 Custom Hire Centers at sub-block levels to provide farm equipments to facilitate timely field operations during 2014-15 with a budget of 63 crores. Rs. 127.125 Crores is the budget allocation for 2015-16 to establish 278 centres

Initiatives by State Governments Tamil Nadu Crop specific package Input Management Weather Proofing Kerala Package for Kuttanad wetland ecosystem Uttar Pradesh Special package for Drought Mitigation in Bundelkand region

Initiatives by State Governments Maharashtra Vidarbha Intensive Irrigation Development Programme West Bengal Weather Resilient Agriculture and Organic Cultivation

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