A Comprehensive Review of Agricultural Policies in India

2022 ◽  
pp. 171-179
Author(s):  
Amaan Ullah ◽  
Abukasim Idrisi ◽  
Mohd Mohsin Khan ◽  
K. M. Bahrul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Agrarian Economy ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Ancient Times

India has been an agrarian economy since ancient times; despite the diminishing value added of agricultural activities to total domestic production or GDP, the agriculture sector has remained the largest employer and thus proved to be the driver of growth and poverty reduction. Moreover, in the recent period of a pandemic where every economic activity came to a halt and showed a negative growth rate, agricultural activities, on the other hand, grew positively, employing job losers in these challenging times. However, agriculture in India faces lots of obstacles due to its limitations in policy formulation and implementation. Therefore, this chapter aims to provide an outline of Indian agriculture growth – reviewing its agricultural policy reforms and observing the fundamental concerns that have shaped the expansion of the agriculture sector.

scholarly journals Study report on Indian agriculture with IoT

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 2322
Author(s):  
G. Balakrishna ◽  
Nageswara Rao Moparthi
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Data Mining ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Quality Work ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Work Done

Most of the population of our country are depends on agriculture for their survival. Agriculture plays an important role in our country economy. But since past few years production from agriculture sector is decreasing drastically. Agriculture sector saw a drastic downfall in its productivity from past few years, there are many reasons for this downfall. In this paper we will discuss about past, present and future of agriculture in our country, agricultural policies which are provided by government to improve the growth of agriculture and reasons why we are not able see the growth in agriculture. And also we will see how can we adopt automation into agriculture using various emerging technologies like IoT (Internet of Things), data mining, cloud computing and machine learning and some authors done some quality work previously on this topic we will discuss that also. Here we will see previous work done by various authors which can be useful to increase the productivity of agriculture sector

Fair Trade Alliance and its Pertinence in the Indian Scenario

2021 ◽  
pp. 327-336
Author(s):  
M. K. Joseph ◽  
Nikhil N K ◽  
Bitto Benny
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Premium Price ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Indian Food

The account of Indian agriculture dates back to Indus Valley Civilization. As per Indian Agriculture and Allied Industries Industry Report 2020, Agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for 58 per cent of India’s population with significant contribution to Indian GDP, Gross Value Added (GVA) growth with 4 Per cent by agriculture, forestry, and fishing was estimated to be Rs 19.48 lakh crore (US$ 276.37 billion) in FY20(PE). The Indian food processing industry accounts for 32 per cent of the country’s total food market, one of the largest industries in India, and is ranked fifth in terms of production, consumption, export, and expected growth. The Indian agriculture sector is predominately unorganized and dominated by players from the unorganized sector with the exploitation of producers by market participants. The current paper tries to study the prospects of Fairtrade practice in Kerala by making a critical analysis of the problems and prospects of the Fair trade practices in Kerala. Fair trade in border sense tries to address the concerns of producers through structured arrangements designed to help producers in emerging countries attain sustainable and equitable trade relationships through an organised set of practices. Fair trade advocates for the Premium price, Better working, socio, and economic and environmental standards for producers. FTAK commenced in 2006, small farmers’ organization located in South India that grows coffee, cashew nuts, and tropical spices. Incorporated with objectives enabling farmers to tap global markets and enhance income through Fairtrade which tries to surpass the upcoming challenges of food security, the appropriation/utilization of rural land, the effects of pests and disease on their livelihoods, destruction of crops by wildlife, and the unwillingness of the younger generation to continue with agriculture. FTAK tries to preserve the historical legacy of Indian cash crops by creating sustainable livelihood for producers engaged in fair trade and help to calibrate the food security for a growing population.

scholarly journals FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND INDIAN AGRICULTURE: ITS PROS AND CONS

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-17
Author(s):  
Dr.Gaonkar Gopalakrishna M
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Indian Economy ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Significant Step

FDI has become one of the important boosts to promote the progress of developing countries. In reality FDI helps to bring technology, create employment opportunities, increases productivity and integrating developing countries into the global market place. In that process raising stranded of living and poverty reduction is possible in the country concerned. Thus, FDI is inevitable inclination in every field of the country in recent years. Agriculture is one of the prominent sector in Indian economy which contributes more than 19% of GDP and 65% employment in India. Performance of Indian economy depending upon the improvement in the agriculture sector. Thus, boosting the agriculture is the need of the hour.This paper tries to analysis merits and demerits of FDI for agriculture in Indian context. In the midst of globalization, positive changes in any sector of the economy is the welcoming move. Indian agriculture and the population depending on it, are always important to India. Thus FDI to promote agriculture is certainly a significant step. However, after the reformation in1991, agriculture sector opened for foreign investment and was also followed by better technology, better seeds and thus rapid growth. KEW WORDS: Foreign Direct Investment,Agriculture, capital, inflow, globalization

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN POVERTY REDUCTION IN EAST JAVA (Study of GKS Plus-GERBANGKERTASUSILA Plus Period 2010-2017)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wandi Abbas ◽  
Abid Muhtarom
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
The Core ◽  
Support Area ◽  
The Government

Gerbangkertasusila Plus (GKS Plus). The Government sees the need for a new support area of GKS PLUS to increase the carrying capacity of the core city. The purpose of this research is to realize the idea of Spatial Information System in East Java. The method used in this research is the regression model that will be estimated. The data used in this research is panel data of 2010-2017 period based on GKS Plus area of Surabaya City to regency / city of Gresik, Bangkalan, Mojokerto, Sidoarjo, Lamongan, Bojonegoro, Tuban, Jombang and Pasuruan. The results showed that the area of land, labor and irrigation have a positive impact on poverty. It shows that the agricultural sector provides very small value added, thus affecting the increase of poverty in Gerbangkertasusila Plus (GKS Plus).

Role of Research and Development in Sustaining Indian Agriculture: A Brief Review

2020 ◽  
pp. 396-401
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Annual Increase ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
The Past ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Development Institutions ◽  
Agriculture Development

Technology united with research and development has evolved as a grave differentiator of the agriculture sector in India including production, processing, and agriculture packing and marketing of given crops. Near about 50 percent of the Indian workforce was engaged in the agriculture sector but its share in GDP was only 14 percent, much lower in comparison to former. Though, certain agriculture items showed a steady annual increase in terms of kilograms per hectare. Agriculture transformed significantly over the past few decades but when it comes to investment in research and development there is a lot more which needs to be done. The paper analyzes the role of various research and development institutions in boosting the growth of the agriculture sector that helps in attaining sustainable agriculture development and self-sufficiency in the production process since independence. It also focusesed on the various issues faced by these development institutions. The findings unveiled that since independence a lot more was done to boost the research and development in the agriculture sector at both the center and state levels but a proper implementation of these policies along with transparency could bring more desirable outcomes than were gained at present.

Does tax policy fit in the portfolio of COVID-19 responses?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerrie Sadiq ◽  
Richard Krever
Keyword(s):  
Tax Policy ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Tax Regimes ◽  
The Uk

Purpose Tax policymakers are currently navigating a path through a delicate dialectic of macro- and micro-level policy responses to the economic dislocation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this paper is to examine initial tax measures that are aimed at helping taxpayers needing liquidity, solvency and income support. Design/methodology/approach This study undertakes a review of key tax policy responses of six jurisdictions across the globe that have similar tax regimes and virus mitigation strategies (albeit with different outcomes). Key initiatives implemented from February to April 2020 by Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and the UK are examined. Findings This study indicates that tax concessions are a crude and mostly ineffective way of assisting individuals and enterprises in difficulty. In the longer term, if the crisis prompts desirable reforms such as extending the recognition of tax losses, the income tax system will emerge fairer and more efficient. Practical implications An investigation of the short-term reforms announced relating to asset write-offs, tax deferral, tax losses and goods and services tax/value-added tax rates in light of the liquidity, income support and stimulus objectives shows that in some cases the policies may have been misguided. The findings can be used by policymakers as the basis for designing better targeted alternative non-tax responses. Originality/value Jurisdictional responses to tax policy reforms during a modern period of significant economic dislocation have yet to be documented in the literature. Specifically, this paper highlights the limitations of tax policy initiatives as a response to financial hardship.

scholarly journals Forward Projections of Turkey's Beekeeping

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuf Ziya Tengiz ◽  
Zehra Meliha Tengiz
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Arima Model ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
The World ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Production Resources

Beekeeping is one of the most common agricultural activities in the world. In addition to the world and human life, it is very important in the pollination and the efficiency of the plants. Beekeeping activities have been done since ancient times as the tradition of Anatolian people. In Turkey grows 75% of the honey plants species determined in the world. This provides a variety of honey in different aroma and flavors. Turkey with 7 796 666 beehives is in 3rd rank, with 114 471 tons of honey production is in 2nd rank and with 4 488 tons of beeswax production in 2017 is in 4th rank in the world bee products have an important role. It is important to determine future trends in developing appropriate policies for our country, which is one of the leading countries in beekeeping activities. The main aims of this study are to forecast honey and beeswax product in Turkey for 2019-2025. Arima model, which is one of the time series analysis, was used in this study. According to the results, it is expected that honey production will increase in these years. However, it is expected the increase in the production of beeswax until 2021. After 2021 year is expected to decrease a little. In our country which has great potential for beekeeping, it will be able to take place among the countries which have a significant influence in foreign trade with the effective use of production resources in the realization of activities.

scholarly journals Farmers’ Perception on Climate Change: A Study in Tarai Region of Uttarakhand

2021 ◽  
pp. 581-591
Author(s):  
. Neha ◽  
Mohammad Aslam Ansari
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Peak Time ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Long Run

Climate change has emerged as a potent threat disrupting the development process and is hurting several sectors of Indian economy, especially the agriculture sector. Knowledge about these disruptive factors can enable the farmers to mitigate the negative impact of climate change on agriculture. Therefore, the understanding of location-specific farmers’ perceptions and their adaptive behaviors can provide a better insight to design appropriate policy measures and guidelines to address these challenges effectively. The present study was aimed at determining farmers’ perceptions about climate change on agriculture. The study sample comprised 180 farmers selected using simple random sampling. The findings indicate that all the farmers (100%) were aware of climate change. All of them reported “increase in temperature” and “erratic rainfall” and “shortening of winter season” as the major indicators of climate change as experienced by them. Besides, 85.55 percent famers reported that “peak time of winter” has changed in Uttarakhand, a hilly state. Such perceptions about climate change can be seen as a precursor mediating the adoption of recommended practices and adaptation measures. Thus, the results of the study will enlighten the policy makers and agriculture scientists in preparing a roadmap for policy formulation regarding adaptation measures (short run initiatives) as well as undertaking mitigation measures (long run initiatives) of climate change besides helping the agriculture extension agencies to design and plan locale-specific adaptation strategies and agriculture development programs.

scholarly journals Re-Conceptualizing School Continuation & Re-Entry Policy for Young Mothers Living in an Urban Slum Context in Nairobi, Kenya: A Participatory Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-328
Author(s):  
Milka Perez Nyariro
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Policy Dialogue ◽  
Young Mothers ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Teenage Girls ◽  
Inequality In Education

This article discusses the barriers to school continuation for pregnant girls and young mothers living in low-income and marginalized contexts in Nairobi, Kenya. In the article, I suggest adopting a girl-centered framework in the policy formulation process (Moletsane, Mitchell, & Lewin, 2015). This perspective puts girls’ voices at the center of the policy formulation process to help address the persistent gender inequality in education through problem identification and an exploration of ways to combat the challenges faced by girls. The article, which analyzes studies of government’s education policies, is supported by data from my recent fieldwork investigating young mothers’ challenges to school continuation and re-entry in Kenya, within the context of Kenya’s re-entry and continuation policy effected in 1994. I discuss the school re-entry and continuationpolicies in low-income contexts using the framework of critical feminism. I argue that there is need to integrate multi-pronged, participatory and feminist frameworks to promote systematic government educational policy reforms to shore up gender equality (King & Winthrop, 2015).  To support this argument, I develop three main claims: (a) broad conceptualization of the causes of teenage pregnancy will promote the use of multi-pronged approaches to the design of school re-entry and continuation policies; (b) formulation and implementation of any robust policies on re-entry and continuation require strong integration of the voices, perspectives and the lived experiences of pregnant teenage girls and young mothers; and (c) the use of participatory visual methodologies will give voice to pregnant girls and young mothers, and promote policy dialogue while at the same time empowering them and spurring their agency to become part of policy formulation and implementation.

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