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Convincing coca farmers to plant legal crops is better than spraying poisonous pesticides to wipe out the plants. And yet it turns out these crop substitution programs are problematic, disrupting livelihoods and unintentionally causing violence and deforestation.

Rebooting Economy 56: Why India should follow agricultural development-led industrialisation growth model Most successful, industrialised and fast-growing Asian economies like Japan, South Korea, China, and Vietnam followed this model, as did Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Why cant India? Prasanna Mohanty | January 6, 2021 | Updated 21:06 IST Agricultures share of gross capital formation (GCF) fell from 8.5% of the total GCF of economy in FY12 to 6.5% in FY19 The economic reforms that bega...

As farmer protests continue, here’s a comparison between India and China farming policies As farmer protests continue, here’s a comparison between India and China farming policies The ongoing debate on India’s farm policies invites comparison with China whose agricultural output, investment in research and development concerning farming practices and incentives to farmers are better.  advertisement A section of Indian farmers have been protesting against three new farm laws (File | PTI)...