Question

Points in difgiculties faced by a farmer

Answer 1

Biggest problems faced by farmers in India?
Small and fragmented land-holdings: ...
Seeds: ...
Manures, Fertilizers and Biocides: ...
Irrigation: ...
Lack of mechanisation: ...
Soil erosion: ...
Agricultural Marketing:

Answer 2

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❇Agriculture as a back bone for Indian economy also consider as a "way of life" among Indian masses because more than 50% of the Indian People's livelihood directly depend on it. However, From previous few years, It is on verge of declining in its growth and even showed negative growth rate in some years because of following challenges:

❇Fragmented land holdings-Nearly 80% of the farming families hold less than 2 acres of land limiting productivity

Monsoon dependant agriculture makes it susceptible to the problems of Irrigation which is still inadequate despite measures taken by the government.

Problems in procurement of HYV and GM seeds add to a farmers woes.

Sustainability in agriculture is of utmost importance as many problems faced by farmers

Over-dependence on traditional crops like rice and wheat.

❇Use of pesticides in high amount and fertilizers has made the soil worse than they were before using them. Soil has become now immune to even those fertilizers and pesticides.

❇In light of above multidimensional challenges, following solution can be considered to solve these problems:

❇Smart machineries like drones and robots to work in fragmented lands. This small machines can do all sort of works from checking the field level, sowing, spraying and monitoring. But the cost of such smart miniature farm machineries should be subsidised to make it affordable.

E- NAM virtual market introduced by GoI is set to reduce middle men problem and also ensure easy marketing across states.

Smart sensors with precision farming helps to get out of drought adversities by targeted input delivery. It requires minimum input and also reduces cost of production. Already Micro irrigations are helping rained farmers in drought conditions.

Control on wastage of water by implementing Rain water harvesting, drip irrigation, watershed management etc.

❇Assured electricity transfer for farmers within expected timeframe of day.

❇Use of organic farming, growing more trees and pastures to desalinate water.