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Lessons from a pandemic to repurpose India's agricultural policy
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http://oar.icrisat.org/11696/
10.1038/nindia.2020.83 |
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Lessons from a pandemic to repurpose India's agricultural policy
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| Creator |
Padhee, A K
Pingali, P |
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Agriculture
Agriculture Policy Food and Nutrition |
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| Description |
To transform the food systems in India following the COVID-19 pandemic, the government will urgently need to repurpose existing agricultural policies. India’s policy regimes like the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and the Public Distribution Systems (PDS), coupled with subsidies on irrigation, power, and farm inputs, are skewed in favour of staple crops like rice and wheat. Even though some climate-resilient and nutritious cereals like sorghum and millets get some support pricing, this seems ineffective as the policy is biased in favour of the “big two” staples. |
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2020-05
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Article
PeerReviewed |
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/11696/1/Safari%20-%2004-Feb-2021%20at%20500%20PM.pdf
Padhee, A K and Pingali, P (2020) Lessons from a pandemic to repurpose India's agricultural policy. Nature India. |
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