Research Paper
A critical study of issues faced by farmers
The critical issues that plague Indian agriculture at present are the knowledge deficit and infrastructure deficit, especially in the rural areas. Problems related to irrigation infrastructure, market infrastructure, and transport infrastructure add significant costs to farmers' operations. Another issue is the lack of delivery mechanisms. There are a number of schemes aimed to bring development in agriculture. We do not have effective delivery mechanisms that can translate into effective facilitation in terms of increasing productivity or decreasing cost or increasing price realization at the ground level. Moreover, inadequate government support exacerbates these issues. Exploratory research was conducted and a data sample of 41 persons was taken who are from the farming background or profession. A chi-square test was conducted to see whether the suitability of agriculture for farmers due to globalization and the usefulness of new farmers are associated. After conducting the chi-square test it is concluded that the null hypothesis is accepted viz. The suitability of agriculture for farmers due to globalization and the usefulness of new farmers are associated. Corporate farming could be a solution to the Indian agrarian sector, but it needs deep thinking and innovating better policies so that neither the corporate nor the farmers be at loss. Also, the role of central government and state governments needs to be defined clearly as because of being a joint subject, it creates a lot of confusion. Eminent experts should do research in this aspect and governments must take proactive action. Indian agrarian sector in fact requires very innovative ideas for the uplifting of this sector. Also, without mechanization, farming is hard and back-breaking work. This has resulted in most farmers' children quitting farming and going for other vocations. Farmers get more money by selling their land to builders, malls, and factories. This has put more pressure on farmland, thereby requiring technologies to increase productivity so that shrinking farmland can feed billion plus people of India in the future. India, though one of the biggest producers of agricultural products, has very low farm productivity, with an average of only 33 percent of the best farms the world over. This needs to be increased so that farmers can get more remuneration from the same piece of land with less labor.
Published by: Dr. Anuradha Sarkar, Sai Badhe, Advait Syamsunder, Akshay Kadam, Himanshu Niwal, Shubham Lohakare, Kaustubh Naikwad
Author: Dr. Anuradha Sarkar
Paper ID: V7I4-1828
Paper Status: published
Published: August 31, 2021
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