Sunday, September 24, 2017

Modi Promotes Co-Ops to Elevate Farmers

PM Modi has usefully highlighted the benefit of farming co-operatives to improve the lives of small farmers:

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/co-ops-should-help-farmers-double-their-income-modi/article19731969.ece


Given that farmers are a huge demographic in India, and so many of them eke out a miserable existence on tiny plots, the advantages of co-operatives are multifold, allowing them to pool their efforts and their bargaining power, shoring themselves up through joint efforts.

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