Doubling Farmers’ Incomes in India by 2022: A Farmers’ Perspective

IF 1.3 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Millennial Asia Pub Date : 2024-08-02 DOI:10.1177/09763996241258600

Sukhwinder Singh, Nikhil Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy, D. Prabhakaran, Sailesh Mohan

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Abstract

In 2016–2017, Indian government set a policy target of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022. This article investigates farmers’ perspectives on this contentious policy. Results suggest that only 18% of farmers were aware of this policy. Most farmers blamed the government’s support, high cost of cultivation and low MSP for their inability to increase their farm profitability. While synthesizing farmers’ perspectives, past trends, and the debate among agricultural scientists and policy analysts, this policy could not help farmers in doubling their incomes by 2022. However, it could have been possible if the governments had initiated some targeted programmes to provide them with farm inputs at lower prices and bought their crops at a higher MSP.

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到 2022 年印度农民收入翻一番：农民的视角

2016-2017 年，印度政府制定了到 2022 年农民收入翻番的政策目标。本文调查了农民对这一有争议的政策的看法。结果表明，只有 18% 的农民了解这一政策。大多数农民将无法提高农业收益率归咎于政府的支持、种植成本高和 MSP 低。综合农民的观点、过去的趋势以及农业科学家和政策分析师的讨论，该政策无法帮助农民在 2022 年前实现收入翻番。但是，如果政府能够启动一些有针对性的计划，以较低的价格向农民提供农业投入，并以较高的最低收购价收购他们的农作物，那么农民的收入就有可能翻番。

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Millennial Asia AREA STUDIES-

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4.50

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary, refereed biannual journal of the Association of Asia Scholars (AAS)–an association of the alumni of the Asian Scholarship Foundation (ASF). It aims to encourage multifaceted, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research on Asia, in order to understand its fast changing context as a growth pole of global economy. By providing a forum for Asian scholars situated globally, it promotes dialogue between the global academic community, civil society and policy makers on Asian issues. The journal examines Asia on a regional and comparative basis, emphasizing patterns and tendencies that go beyond national borders and are globally relevant. Modern and contemporary Asia has witnessed dynamic transformations in cultures, societies, economies and political institutions, among others. It confronts issues of collective identity formation, ecological crisis, rapid economic change and resurgence of religion and communal identifies while embracing globalization. An analysis of past experiences can help produce a deeper understanding of contemporary change. In particular, the journal is interested in locating contemporary changes within a historical perspective, through the use of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. This way, it hopes to promote comparative studies involving Asia’s various regions. The journal brings out both thematic and general issues and the thrust areas are: Asian integration, Asian economies, sociology, culture, politics, governance, security, development issues, arts and literature and any other such issue as the editorial board may deem fit. The core fields include development encompassing agriculture, industry, regional trade, social sectors like health and education and development policy across the region and in specific countries in a comparative perspective.