DTE Coverage: Cost of farming
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DTE Coverage: Cost of farming

Can India rethink rethink Minimum Support Price for agricultural produce?

1. Cost of farming: One MSP, One Nation unfit for diverse India, says T N Prakash Kammardi

Cost of farming: One MSP, One Nation unfit for diverse India, says T N Prakash Kammardi
T N Prakash Kammardi, former chairperson, Karnataka Agricultural Prices Commission

Agricultural practices vary significantly across agro-ecological regions and holding categories

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2. Cost of farming: Make agriculture profitable, says Devinder Sharma

Cost of farming: Make agriculture profitable, says Devinder Sharma
Devinder Sharma, food and agricultural policy expert

The time has come to set up a Commission for Farmers Income and Welfare (co-opting CACP) to enhance the financial well-being of farmers

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3. Cost of farming: MSP should include all farming costs, says Anil Sharma

Cost of farming: MSP should include all farming costs, says Anil Sharma
Anil Sharma, former chairperson, Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Kolkata

It is time to treat agriculture as a complete business proposition and adopt a formal costing and accounting mechanism

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4. Cost of farming: We must rethink Indian MSP calculations, say Shweta Saini and Ramsha Khan

Cost of farming: We must rethink Indian MSP calculations, say Shweta Saini and Ramsha Khan
Shweta Saini, chief executive officer for Arcus Policy Research and Ramsha Khan, analyst with Arcus

The experts emphasise the need to align MSP with the country's macroeconomic goals and climate variations

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