Stable Trade Policy May Bring Agri Cheer

Drought, low prices have haunted Indian farmers for long; the key to growth lies in seeking new export markets.

- Siraj Hussain

The year 2017 would go down in history as a year of acute distress for a large number of farmers in India. After two consecutive drought years, they were hoping to realise a good income in 2017/18, but low prices of most agricultural produce left them high and dry. The central government has introduced several schemes in the last four years for the farming sector, but it has not found a solution to non-realisation of remunerative prices by farmers for their produce.