How to improve Farmers' Welfare?
How to improve Farmers' Welfare? - Proposed Action Points - By: Vijay SARDANA “Participants with better bargaining power make more profit in business, the better future of small Farmers depends upon their collective bargain. Without bargaining power, difficult to improve margins ” A vast majority of India’s farming operations are carried out by small and marginal farmers or farmworkers. Many of them may or may not be landholders. At the same time, the majority of the farmers are comfortable in farming and not running an institution alongside their regular day. With small landholding, these resource-poor farmers face several problems including lack of knowledge and technology to have control on cost, lack of process efficiency, lack of access to finance, poor risk management and poor market intelligence. AMUL, other state milk cooperatives and some new FPOs have provided us with a model with the way forward for the welfare of the farmers. Unity is Strength for a better future: Sol