drishti current affairs magazine English
drishti current affairs magazine English Published this article page no 35 alleviating marginal farmingthere is dependence on rain and formulated policies focussed on supporting canalfed crops and improving agricultural productivity. this they coupled with incentive structures pricing regimes and input subsidies.array of schemes were formed and released by the government but they mainly focussed on creating yearly jobs and roads while resisting decentralisation and localised decisionmaking. individual symptoms were mitigated while longterm food security and ecological sustainability were ignored. problems with various schemes and initiativesthe drought prone area programme (1974) was concerned with drought proofing rather than livelihoods and growthfocussed development 24the national policy on farmers (2007) focussed on improving farmer income through better risk management and an improved price policy but implementation was lacking. the rashtriya krishi vikas yojana (2011) allocated rs.10 lakh to each district to prepare and implement the comprehensive district agriculture plan with the participation of local panchayats with little reflection on farmers needs.a shift back to dryland agriculture particularly in western india is much needed. rajasthan despite low rainfall is buffering by integrated farming having subsidiary farm enterprises such as dairy poultry sericulture and goats drishti current affairs magazine subscription.