Question

Difference between type of farming in india

Answer 1

In India, the agriculture is not business, it is pride. It is hard to sell farm for a farmer. While in USA it is just instrument for income.

In India, people related with agriculture are the demand generating sector. What I want to say is that, if agriculture had bad year, it will affect the almost whole economy.

In India, there is pressure to feed 121 crore people. India has 1/3rd land as compared to USA. And 4 times population than USA. So, naturally, it will affect the policies of India.

Here, we have more illiteracy in villages. So, it is hard to spread information about government policies. If also govt. make efficient policies, they spend billions of rupees, but most farmers may be unknown about that policies. This fact also affect the modernization and use of technology in agriculture.

India suffers from black markets. Either selling final products in mandis or elsewhere, farmers generally get less price than MSP. (Because farmers don’t know about MSP. And also don’t know about their other rights.) Also, stock mafia affects the agriculture. And fertilizer’s are sold at more than MRP.

Answer 2

For them land is no less than a mother. This connect is totally missing in America, and is the primary difference between how Indians and Americans look at agriculture. Raymond McAneny, 50 years in agriculture from subsistence to grain storage systems in Europe. The biggest difference is in scale.