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India has to free the bulk of its population from dependence on agriculture soon

India has to free the bulk of its population from dependence on agriculture soon
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Synopsis

Farmers in India need policy changes to address excessive cereal production and inadequate protein and oil. Diversification of agriculture is crucial, along with population absorption in industry and services for competitive wages and affordable food. Farmers are on the warpath, across Europe, demanding lower input prices, protection from imports and environmental regulation, and higher subsidy. Cheap Ukrainian wheat exports corrode Polish solidarity against Russian aggression.

By , ET Bureau
6 mins read, Last Updated:
Ever since early humans conflated the fertility of their own kind with that of the land and worshipped this source of abundance of themselves and sustenance, those who till the land have been accorded a status elevated beyond the rational - along with warriors who protect the tribe. Discussion of their affairs tends to get emotive. But policy, by definition, has to be rational. Food is a vital but small, and increasingly smaller, part of the

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