Why India’s Food Bill Is Bad for Agriculture. Rather than launching one of the most ambitious food aid programs in history on Wednesday, India should have instead used the funds to directly support the agriculture sector, a leading farmer group said. Under the National Food Security Bill, passed by an executive order, India will spend an estimated $4 billion a year on supplying about 70% of its population with cheap grain. “More than 50% of the recipients under the program are farmers. Rather than give cheap food, why don’t you give them technology to feed themselves?” asked Ajay Jhakar, chairman of farming body Bharatiya Krishak Samaj. “Why do you want to make them dependent on cheap food?” he said in an interview ahead of the executive order being passed. Read the full post here : on.wsj/1230Niq
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:11:19 +0000
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