Measures to Improve Conditions of Primary Sector
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- Yes! I remember that. I think that's really sad. We should come up with some ideas to improve the condition of the primary sector.
- Hey! I was thinking about the lesson ma'am taught us today. She told us that nowadays not a lot of people prefer to work in the primary sector.
- Building farmer resilience to environmental shocks: Farmers are constantly threatened by adverse weather and environmental conditions that spell disaster for their produce. Schemes to help the agricultural sector deal with weather shocks, and allow farmers to minimize risk through insurance, can be a crucial helping hand.
- Improving quality of rural life: Rural India is still missing basic amenities (sanitation, hygiene, drinking water, drainage, schooling, and health centers). Programs with the aim of providing urban infrastructure and services in rural hubs to create economic opportunities should be introduced/revived.
- Increasing incomes: To double the income of farmers, this will be required - An aggressive push to improve technologies by strengthening the seed sector and knowledge dissemination system; agricultural diversification; and developing mechanisms to ensure minimum support prices in the event of crash in farm harvest prices.
- Generating employment opportunities: Agriculture is becoming crowded and does not provide regular employment opportunities. Hence, the rural population, especially youth, is migrating to urban areas to explore better opportunities and income. Their energy and enthusiasm need to be used in ways that meet their aspirations and transform agriculture and rural economies.
- Developing agri-infrastructure: The pace of agri-infrastructure is far behind what it is needed to improve the overall agri-food system. Construction of national highways, the building and functioning of airports, the distribution of power can be applied in developing rural agri-markets, surface irrigation, and other elements of agri-infrastrucure. The central government should contribute to the efforts of individual states to develop viable projects.
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