Workshop on Doubling Farmers' Income: Exploring Pathways for Cooperative in Odisha

Abstract

The Government o f India’s earlier policy for the agricultural sector growth centered on rising agricultural production and enhancing food security. While this strategy yielded good results for India’s food production, it did not focus on the farmer. Recognising the need to focus on the plight of farmers, the Central Government set the target o f doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022-23 to promote farmers’ welfare, reduce agrarian distress and bring parity between farmers’ incomes and non-agricultural workers (Chand 2017).