Listen | 'Lack of Clarity From Centre Contributed to Losses Suffered by Farmers'

Name: Listen | Lack of Clarity From Centre Contributed to Losses Suffered by Farmers - The Wire
Uploaded: 2020-05-22T13:27:34+05:30
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Description: A form of enhanced income support to farmers is an essential need during this time of crisis.

A form of enhanced income support to farmers is an essential need during this time of crisis.

Kabir Agarwal

A form of enhanced income support to farmers is an essential need during this time of crisis.

listen lack of clarity from centre contributed to losses suffered by farmers

In this podcast, Siraj Hussain, former secretary of the union agriculture ministry, talks to The Wire's Kabir Agarwal about the impact of the COVID-19 induced lockdown on the agriculture economy. From the success of wheat procurement in Haryana and Punjab to the plight of vegetable, fruit and flower growers who have suffered massive losses, they delve deep into the issues and challenges that have been thrown up. Hussain also argues that a form of enhanced income support to farmers is an essential need during this time of crisis.

This article went live on May twenty-second, two thousand twenty, at twenty-seven minutes past one in the afternoon.

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