It’s not all doom and gloom in Indian agriculture and positive developments are visible despite all the challenges. There is potential for improvement provided we have the will to change perspectives and are open to progressive approaches.
When it comes to agriculture, it sometimes seems like most of the news is bad news, at least for the farmers. And this theme has been repeating itself all across the globe, with disruptive forces unsettling the equations that farmers need to succeed in what is usually a gruelling environment.
Whether it is increasing input costs, changing consumer preferences, the rains, the prices at the market and everything in between—something seems to go wrong a lot of the time.
At this moment, the news tells us that a drought is roasting vegetables in France and Dutch farmers are getting caught …
Karan Manral is a co-founder of organic farming ventures Green Essentials and New Farmer. After dabbling with technology media, communication and marketing, and some kitchen gardening simultaneously, he (and his partner Yogita Mehra) took the plunge into organic farming full time a decade ago and has since been trying to make growing food more accessible for novice urban farmers.
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