Question

Governments get involved in agricultural output markets to stabilize prices of agricultural goods so that producers get reasonable prices. Pakistan’s agriculture sector recorded a slow growth rate of 0.85 percent during the last fiscal year (2018-19). It’s very important to enhance agricultural production to increase farmers’ income, imports reduction and to expand export base of the country. The National Agriculture Emergency Program plans to spend Rs.290 billion in the next five years to boost the sector. The program will be implemented with the coordination of all provinces to improve productivity of major crops i.e. wheat, sugarcane, cotton, rice etc.

Answer 1

To boost the agricultural production policies by government should be :-

As agriculture being the single most important economic activity in India , contributes about 26 % to India's National Income . So , out of total expenditure of Rs.1960 crores a sum of Rs.601 crores was spend on agriculture .

It also provided for resources material and finances for agriculture development which it was thought it would make it possible to achieve a high rate of growth .

Next , special thrust was to rice production programme in the Eastern region and marginal farmers .

This can be the way to boost Indian agricultural growth .