Managing Farm Distress
In the words of Famous Odia poet Gangadhar Meher " krusi kale unnata sakala unnati, krusi bina na kantha na pantha , kahin ba anya gati he " which means agriculture is the base of all type of development and we can not neglect it as there is no alternative of agriculture . Half of the people of our country directly depend upon agriculture and we all are directly or indirectly related to it. So, the distress in farming is a major challenge for us. Despite of many efforts by the central and state govt the result is not satisfactory. Because the main reason of distress is the poor policy and planning and their poor implementation. So, let us discuss its management in a broad sense at the policy making level. As agriculture is a state subject, state govt is more responsible for the development of farming and farmers. The union govt has also its role. In modern ...