Domain
Agriculture & Rural Economy
17 sectors within this
Farm Incomes & Farm Distress
How much farming households earn from farming, and the distress that national statistics record among farmers and agricultural labourers.
2 problems
Land Holdings, Tenancy & Land Records
The size of farm holdings, the terms on which land is cultivated, and the records that establish who holds and farms it.
3 problems
Irrigation & Agricultural Water
Access to irrigation, the pace of irrigation projects, and the groundwater that much irrigation draws on.
2 problems
Soil Health & Farm Practices
The condition of agricultural soils and the farm practices — fertiliser use, residue burning — that change it.
3 problems
Seeds, Fertilisers & Pesticides
The quality of the inputs farmers buy and the law that regulates it.
1 problem
Farm Mechanisation
How far farm operations are mechanised, and whether small farmers can reach machinery.
1 problem
Agricultural Markets & Price Realisation
Whether farmers can reach a market, sell at the support price, and rely on stable prices.
3 problems
Agricultural Credit & Indebtedness
Farm households' debt, where it comes from, and how formal agricultural credit is distributed.
5 problems
Crop Insurance & Farm Risk
Whether farmers are insured against crop loss, and whether the insurance pays.
4 problems
Climate Vulnerability of Agriculture
Where farming is most exposed to climate change, as assessed for agricultural districts.
1 problem
Post-Harvest Losses & Storage
What is lost between harvest and sale, and the storage meant to prevent it.
1 problem
Livestock & Dairy
The productivity, feed and health of the animals that farming households depend on.
3 problems
Fisheries
Losses in the fish catch and the state of the marine stocks it comes from.
2 problems
Agricultural Extension & Knowledge
Whether farmers receive the technical advice the research and extension system exists to provide.
1 problem
Farmer Collectives
Producer organisations and cooperatives through which small farmers combine to buy, sell and borrow.
1 problem
Rural Livelihood Diversification
How far rural workers and households still depend on agriculture for a living.
1 problem
Crop Supply & Import Dependence
Farm products India cannot yet produce enough of to meet its own demand.
1 problem
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