Market Speaks: India Needs To Encourage New Crop Models, Revive Millets (17:28, 26 Sep 2013) There is a need to encourage new crop models for them, and revive traditional crops like millets, that suit drylands in the country to boost the rural incomes, according to the just released India Rural Development Report 2012/13. Cultivation of different varieties of millets, which are hardy and nutritious, can be promoted by procuring and distributing through the public distribution system (PDS). Income from farm livelihoods is no longer sufficient for a household, especially for smaller and marginal farmers, who make up 85% of farm holdings, and for dryland farmers that occupy more than half the cultivated area. Non-farm income sources are increasingly important - 43% of rural families rely on non-farm employment as their major income source. Village-level connectivity has improved, especially roads, electricity and telecommunications. Yet results are not commensurate with government expenditure. Household-level access is poor, especially for the most vulnerable, and infrastructure assets are often of poor quality, incomplete, unusable or badly maintained. The India Rural Development Report 2012/13 was released here by Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Rural Development, Government of India today. The Report was prepared by IDFC Foundation in collaboration with network partners, the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), the Institute for Rural Management Anand (IRMA), and the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), with contributions from several other researchers, experts and civil society organisations. Powered by Commodity Insights
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 04:08:03 +0000
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