23 June, 2017India's farm crisis: decades old and with deep roots
In this post, Prof. Himanshu argues that the crisis in Indian agriculture today is not a new one; it goes back many years. Therefore, the problems of farmers cannot be addressed by the band-aids of hi...
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Himanshu . 
12 April, 2019
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Contract farming and the role of government
To integrate farmers with agro-industries, the Ministry of Agriculture has released a draft Model Contract Farming Act, which seeks to create a regulatory and policy framework for contract farming. I...
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Smriti Mudgal Sharma
- 26 February, 2018
- Perspectives
India's farm crisis: decades old and with deep roots
In this post, Prof. Himanshu argues that the crisis in Indian agriculture today is not a new one; it goes back many years. Therefore, the problems of farmers cannot be addressed by the band-aids of hi...
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Himanshu .
- 12 April, 2019
- Perspectives
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