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FUTURE OF SMALL AND FAMILY FARMERS IN INDIA - NATIONAL POLICIES

V.V. SADAMATE ADVISER (AGRICULTURE) PLANNING COMMISSION INDIA

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GROWTH AND INVESTMENTS

•  4% Target XIth Plan

•  3 to 3.5% expected

•  Agriculture Vs. Allied

•  Increased investments

•  Record Food Grain Production

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MAJOR CONCERNS

•  80% Small & Marginal Holdings

•  60% Rainfed

•  Varying Productivity

•  Input use Efficiency

•  Extension Services

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PRIORITY AREAS OF INVESTMENTS

•  National Agricultural Development Programme

•  National Horticulture Mission

•  National Food Security Mission

•  Expanding Green Revolution to Eastern India

•  Micro – Irrigation Mission

•  National Project for Cattle & Buffalo Breeding

•  National Fisheries Development Board

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NADP Pre- Requisites

•  More investments by the States in Agriculture and Allied Sectors

•  Comprehensive District Agricultural Plans (C- DAPs)

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EXTENSION SERVICES for SMALL and MARGINAL FARMS

•  Agricultural Technology Management Agencies (ATMAs)

•  Farm Science Centres (KVKs)

•  Private Extension Service providers

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EMPOWERMENT

•  Commodity Interest Groups (GIGs)

•  Self Help Groups (SHGs)

•  Farmer Organizations (FOs)

•  FO Fedrations

•  Village Co-Operatives

•  Farmer Producer Companies

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FAMILY INVOLVEMENTS

•  Sowing, inter-culturing, harvesting

•  Rearing of Cattle and Buffaloes

•  Dairy Farming

•  Small Ruminants

•  Horticulture - Post Harvests

•  Marketing

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FUTURE OF SMALL FARMS

•  Cluster Approach

•  Product Aggregation

•  Intensive Enterprise Diversification

•  Group Marketing

•  Custom Hiring - Mechanization

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FUTURE OF FAMILY FARMS – INTENSIVE INVOLVEMENT IN

•  Commercial Dairy Farms

•  Horticultural Farms (Grape, Mango etc.)

•  Young Farmers Interested in Secondary Agriculture

•  IFS is the best suited option

•  KVKs/ATMAs Promote Family Farming

•  Recognition to Success Stories

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POLICY INTERVENSIONS for SMALL / FAMILY FARMS

•  Extension Advisories

•  Farm Income/Resource use Orientation

•  Capacity/ Skill Building

•  Improved Access of Farm Women

•  Participatory Extension

•  ICT and Mass Media Back up

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POLICY INTERVENSIONS for SMALL/FAMILY FARMS (Contd. …)

•  Exposure visits

•  Family Field Days

•  Exhibitions/Competitions

•  Group Approach

•  Private Investments for Identified Products

•  Empowering Women

•  Community Mobilization

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XIIth PLAN (2012-17) – APPROACH PAPER

•  Faster, Sustainable and more inclusive growth

•  Farm/Rural Income

•  Rainfed Agriculture and Small Farms

•  Integrated Farming Systems Approach

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CONCLUDING ….. SMALL FARMS / FAMILY FARMS

•  Core to Agricultural Growth

•  Additional Production

•  Promotion of Allied Sectors

•  Incentives/ Subsidies

•  International Experience Sharing

•  Opinion Building Across the Countries/ Globe

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