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Farmers becoming laborers of the soil, agriculture not a model of Guja...
Ahmedabad, 13 July 2023
There has been a decrease of 17.1 percent in the number of farmers in 5 decades. According to that, it is estimated that till 2021, the number of farmers has decreased by 20 percent in 6 decades. The number of agricultural laborers also increased to the same extent.
How many farmers
According to NABARD estimates, th...
Farmer from Unjha, Gujarat get free water for farming for 12 years fro...
Gandhinagar, 26 October 2020
Jayeshbhai Barot, 10 educated farmer of Gangapur village in Unjha, Mehsana, Gujarat, has been doing wind energy farming for 12 years. Now that solar energy has become cheaper, it is being used. He has been receiving water from a windmill from a well in Bhambhar since 2007-08. The land is 2.36 hectares.
The windmil...
The average income of farmers is lower than that of peon
India's GDP growth was minus 23.9 in the June 2020 quarter. In such bad times, the economy has received little support from the agricultural sector. Growth of the sector alone has been positive at 3.4 percent.
Despite this, farmers continue to cultivate and neglect. Farmers are facing thousands of challenges. Even after several years of independ...
Wheat harvesting 26-33% against total sown area
During Rabi season 2020 over 1 LMT Pulses and Oilseeds procured worth Rs. 526.84 crore, benefitting 75,984 farmers
Direct purchase from farmers by Bulk Buyers facilitated; uberisation of logistics aggregator launched on e-NAM
Delhi, 10 APR 2020
In order to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during the lockdown perio...