International CGE Modeling Training Program begins in New Delhi New Delhi, April 29, 2024: The International Food Policy Research Institute Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
IFPRI & World Bank Policy Seminar: CAN AGRICULTURAL POLICIES DELIVER BETTER VALUE
IFPRI & World Bank Policy Seminar
Can Agricultural policies deliver better value
Feb 2, 9:30 TO 11:00AM (EST)
IFPRI-WB research findings shed light on policy & technological solutions to shift food systems to deliver better value for the money... Source: IFPRI Pakistan – Pakistan Strategy Support Program
Well begun isn’t always half done
The creation of a separate ministerial portfolio for animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries for the first time by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his second term has aroused interest amongst enthusiasts in the agricultural policy space. With the dominant narrative of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022 in the overall policy framework, and livestock and fisheries sub-sectors contributing significantly higher to the agricultural GDP compared to the crop production sub-sector, the subtle governance move has been hailed by stakeholders, mostly in the dairy industry. India being the largest milk producer in the world surely deserved to have a separate line ministry dedicated to the sector, after all. Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Direct benefit transfers can help double Indian farmers’ income by 2022-2023
Anjani Kumar and Sunil Saroj India’s 2019 interim budget makes a tectonic shift in providing support to Indian farmers. Under the Modi government’s ambitious direct benefit transfer program, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, each farmer having less than 2 ha of land will get 6000 rupees ($86) per year. This amount will be transferred [Read More...] Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Why India needs a land leasing framework
Ensuring food and nutrition security and tackling the looming threat of climate change make land reforms necessary. Read the recent op-ed. Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
