DOUBLING OF FARMERS’ INCOME

1. DOUBLING OF FARMERS’ INCOME
Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh
Research Scholar
Department of Plant Molecular Biology
& Genetic Engineering, ANDUA&T,
Kumarganj, Ayodhya-224229

2.  In 2018, the Union Cabinet approved the country’s first Agriculture
Export Policy with an aim to double farmers' income.
 The Government has set a target of doubling farmers’ income by the
year 2022.

3.  BIHAR
 U.P.
 JHARKHAND ,
 M.P.
 A.P.
 GOA
 J&K
 WEST BENGAL, RAJASTHAN,
 ODISHA, H.P., MAHARASHTRA,
 T.N., PUNJAB, HARYANA ,
 KARNATAKA, ASSAM, CHHATTISGARH, & OTHERS

4. 1. Time period - up to 2022
2. Annual growth rate of 10.4% required
3. What is to be doubled:
 Income of farmers
 Not farm incomes only

5. 1. Increasing total output across the agricultural sub-sectors through realizing
higher productivity
2. Rationalizing/reducing the cost of production
3. Ensuring remunerative prices in the agricultural produce
4. Effective risk management
5. Adoption of sustainable technologies

6. 1. Increase in crop productivity
2. Increase in livestock productivity
3. Resource use efficiency – reduction in cost of production
4. Increase in cropping intensity
5. Diversification to high value agriculture
6. Remunerative prices on farmers’ produce
7. Shift of surplus manpower from farm to non-farm occupations

7.  Timely supply of good quality of sufficient seeds prior to season.
 Timely availability of good quality of inputs
 Applying short duration high yielding varieties.
 Increase SRR of hybrid seeds
 By promoting Farm Mechanization
 Application of Integrated Nutrient Management
 Application of Integrated Pest Management
 By increasing irrigation facilities & enhancing water_x0002_use efficiency
 Adoption of DSR/Zero Tillage/SRI

8.  According to land capability, irrigation and other facilities farm plan should be prepared for Kharif, Rabi
and Garma for 03 years e.g.
i. Paddy - wheat/pulses/Maize
ii. Maize – Wheat/Pulses/Maize
iii. Maize – Wheat/Pulses/Maize - Mung
iv. Vegetable (cauliflower) - potato - onion – mung
v. Maize/Vegetable – Potato-Potato-Onion-Mung
vi. Paddy (short duration) - vegetable - onion - maize
vii. Paddy - vegetable - maize
 Short duration hybrid/HYV seeds to be used.
 Use of rice fallow land
 Rice- Makhana cropping System

9.  Implementation of e-NAM
 Formation of FPO/Farmers’ Co-operative Societies
 Create more marketing channels (PS UP)
 Market-oriented variety wise cultivation (by J&K)
 Assured price scheme (by AP)
 Effective procurement strategies to procure on MSP (Rajasthan)
 Trading policies should be farmer-oriented , not trader
 Price-deficit financing scheme by M.P.

10.  Cash crops- Sugarcane, Betel leaf and Vegetables
 Spices - Turmeric, Ginger, Dhania, Garlic, Ajwain and Saunf
 Mushroom Cultivation
 Rearing of honey bee

11. 5. Promotion of integrated farming system
Synergise blending of crops/horticulture, dairy, fishery, and poultry to provide
regular income.
6. Protected cultivation of vegetables and flowers with Micro irrigation
7. Value-addition through storage, processing, pack house, referral van,
ripening chamber, warehouses, cold chain & marketing, etc.
8. Management of post-harvest losses for horticultural crops

12.  Subsidy on farm inputs
 Provision of subsidy on HYV/ hybrid variety of seeds in light of market
price.
 Subsidy on mechanization in light of market price.
 Use of green manuring e.g. Dhaincha, Moong, Cowpea, Sunhemp etc.
 Application of balance dose of fertilizer on the basis of soil health card.
 Provision of subsidy on diesel.

13.  Promotion of custom hiring system.
 Use of bio fertilizers e.g. Rhizobium, PSB, Azotobactor, Azolla, Blue green
Algae, Mycorrhiza
 Subsidy of transport
 Use of Gobar/Bio gas
 Promotion of zero tillage technology.
 Promotion of DSR
 Use of Organic fertilizers and Manures

14. 10. Formulation of Land Leasing Act
11. Digitization of Land Records
12. Certificate of cultivation for tenant farmers by AP
13. Provision for practicing kitchen gardening for Urban households and poor people.
14. Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
15. Regular region wise weather forecasting.
16. Agro forestry
17. Construction of water harvesting structures
18. Risk Management to cope up with climate change , through Climate Smart Agriculture

15.  Strategy for development of the agriculture sector in India has focused primarily on raising
agricultural output and improving food security.
 The strategy did not explicitly recognize the need to raise farmers' income resulting in
low income of farmers.
 Farmers' income also remained low in relation to income of those working in the nonfarm
sector.
 India also witnessed a sharp increase in the number of farmers suicides due to losses
from farming, shocks in farm income and low farm income.
 The low farm income is forcing more and more cultivators, particularly the younger age
group, to leave farming.

16.  Institutional Reforms Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sanchai Yojana, Soil health card, and Prampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana:
Aiming to raise output and reduce cost.
 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: To provide insurance against crop and income loss and to encourage investment in
farming.
 Interlinking of rivers: To raise output and farm incomes.
 Operation Greens: to address price volatility of perishable commodities like Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP).
 PM Kisan Sampada Yojana: To promote food processing in a holistic manner.
 Technological ReformsInitiating E-NAM: The National Agriculture Market (eNAM) is a pan-India electronic trading
portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.
 Technology Mission on Cotton: This aims to increase the income of the cotton growers by reducing the cost of cultivation
as well as by increasing
 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
 National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture:
 In addition, schemes relating to tree plantation (Har Medh Par Ped), Bee Keeping, Dairy and Fisheries are also
implemented