Organic Farms Provide A Clue For India's Struggling Farms


As India struggles to deal with stagnation in its crucial agricultural sector, small-scale organic farming initiatives near the capital are providing clues on how to reap healthy profits from the land. Many farmers in India, where more than 70 percent of the people depend on the land, eke out a living -- or else fall steadily into debt -- trying to grow water, fertiliser and pesticide-heavy crops on an acre or two of land.

Growth has clocked in at a mere two percent -- far behind the wider figure of nine percent -- leading the government to wager six billion dollars in a push for large-scale, industrial farms. "Small and marginal farms have become an unviable proposition," said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last month, announcing the four-year investment in farm technology and infrastructure.................click for more

 

 

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