Agri, Food Sec & Rural Econ

NODE 01

Agri in the Economy

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• Crop prod, animal husbandry, forestry, fisheries.
• Provides food, raw materials, employment.
• Supports agro-based industries.

NODE 02

Farming

• Prod of agricultural goods using L, K, Tech.
• Land + Labour + Cap + Tech → Cultivation.

NODE 03

Production Factors

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• Depends on land, soil, water, climate.
• Labour, seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, tech.

NODE 04

Types of Farming

• Subsistence: For household consumption.
• Commercial: Primarily for market sale.
• Mixed: Crop + livestock. Plantation: Large-scale.

NODE 05

Farm Size

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• Small/Marginal: Face capital/credit constraints.
• Large: Greater access to machinery, markets.
• Size alone does not determine productivity.

NODE 06

Land Fragmentation

• Land divided into smaller holdings across generations.
• Higher transaction costs, difficulty using machinery.

NODE 07

Irrigation

• Water to crops beyond direct rainfall.
• Canals, wells, dams, drip systems.
• Reduces dependence on rainfall, ↑ intensity.

NODE 08

Monsoon Dependence

• Poor rainfall → lower output, higher food prices.
• Excess rainfall can also damage crops.
• Climate → Output → Rural Income.

NODE 09

Agricultural Inputs

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• Seeds, Fertiliser, Pesticides, Water.
• Labour, Machinery, Electricity, Credit.

NODE 10

Green Revolution

• High-Yielding Varieties (HYV) seeds.
• Irrigation, fertilisers, pesticides.
• Modern farming practices + Inst support.

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Impact of GR

• Higher foodgrain production and productivity.
• Greater food availability, reduced imports.
• Also had limitations/distributional effects.

NODE 12

Regional Effects of GR

• Benefits concentrated in regions with irrigation/infra.
• Transformation was geographically uneven.

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Cropping Patterns

• Which crops are produced & how land is allocated.
• Depends on climate, water, prices, policy, tech.

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Multiple Cropping

• Growing >1 crop on same land during a year.
• Increases land-use intensity.

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Crop Diversification

• Shifting from narrow set of crops to broader mix.
• Advantages: risk reduction, nutrition, higher value.

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Cash vs Food Crops

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• Food: Primarily for human consumption (rice, wheat).
• Cash: Primarily for sale/industrial use (cotton, tea).

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Agri Productivity

• Output relative to agricultural inputs.
• E.g., Output per hectare, Output per worker.

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Factors Raising Prod

• Better seeds, irrigation, mechanisation, fertilizer.
• Research, extension services, digital info, credit.

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Agri Research

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• Develops new varieties, better practices.
• Pest-management, climate-resilient tech.

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Agricultural Risk

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• Weather, pests, disease, price fluctuations.
• Input-cost changes, policy shifts.

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Crop Insurance

• Reduces financial losses from specified risks.
• Risk pooling → protection against adverse shocks.

NODE 22

Food Security

• Ensuring reliable access to sufficient food.
• Availability + Access + Utilisation + Stability.

NODE 23

Food Availability

• Food must physically exist in adequate quantities.
• Domestic prod + imports + public stocks.

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Food Access

• Economic and physical ability to obtain food.
• Can be hindered by low income, high prices, poor dist.

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Food Utilisation

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• Effectively using food for nutrition.
• Depends on health, sanitation, clean water.

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Food Stability

• Availability and access remain reliable over time.
• Risks: Droughts, floods, price shocks, war.

NODE 27

Public Dist System (PDS)

• Provides subsidised foodgrains to eligible beneficiaries.
• Govt procurement/storage → Distribution → Households.

NODE 28

Buffer Stock

• Foodgrain stocks maintained by the government.
• For food security, price stabilisation, emergencies.

NODE 29

Govt Procurement

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• Purchasing commodities from farmers.
• Contributes to stocks and farmer price support.

NODE 30

Minimum Support Price

• Govt-announced minimum price mechanism.
• Announced MSP ≠ automatic purchase of every unit.

NODE 31

FCI

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• Food Corporation of India.
• Plays major role in procurement, storage, movement.

NODE 32

Agricultural Subsidies

• Reduces farmers' effective costs (fertilisers, power).
• Supports livelihoods but involves fiscal costs/distortions.

NODE 33

Rural Economy

• Much more than farming.
• Livestock, fisheries, small mfg, trade, transport.

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Rural Non-Farm

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• Crucial for rural incomes.
• Shops, repair, food processing, construction.
• Diversification reduces agricultural dependence.

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Rural Development

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• Broad improvements in income, employment.
• Infrastructure, human capital, financial access.

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Rural Infrastructure

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• Roads, irrigation, electricity, storage, internet.
• Reduces transaction costs, improves market integration.

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Rural Credit

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• Required for seeds, fertilisers, machinery, livestock.
• Working capital and consumption smoothing.

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Formal Credit

• Commercial banks, RRBs, cooperative institutions.
• Improves access to productive capital.

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Informal Credit

• Moneylenders, traders, employers.
• Easier access but higher interest rates, less protection.

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Cooperative Credit

• Pool resources and extend credit to members.
• Important historical role in rural finance.

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Kisan Credit Card (KCC)

• Facilitates agricultural credit for eligible farmers.
• For crop production and working capital.

NODE 42

Self-Help Groups (SHGs)

• Enable collective saving, credit access.
• Support micro-enterprises.
• Especially important for rural women.

NODE 43

Microfinance

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• Small-scale financial services to underserved households.
• Supports self-employment, risk management.

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Agricultural Marketing

• Movement of products: Farmer → Market → Consumer.
• Includes aggregation, grading, storage, transport.

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Farm-to-Market Chain

• Prod → Harvest → Collect → Storage → Transport.
• Wholesale → Processing → Retail → Consumer.

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Agricultural Mandis

• Locations where farmers and traders transact.
• Historically regulated APMC markets.

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APMC

• Agri Produce Market Committee systems.
• Regulates trading, protects farmers, provides infra.

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e-NAM

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• National Agriculture Market (Electronic).
• Aims to strengthen price discovery, market access.

NODE 49

Storage

• Poor storage → post-harvest losses, distress sales.
• Includes warehouses, cold storage, silos.

NODE 50

Cold Chain

• Maintains controlled temperatures during transit/storage.
• Crucial for fruits, veg, dairy, meat, fish.

NODE 51

Post-Harvest Losses

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• Due to poor storage, pests, moisture, lack of refrigeration.
• Reducing loss increases food without increasing production.

NODE 52

Agricultural Price

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• Influenced by S/D, weather, policy, input costs.
• Global commodity prices and storage also affect.

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Farmer's Share

• Retail price includes transport, storage, processing margins.
• Retail price ≠ automatically farmer income.

NODE 54

Value Chains

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• Farmer → Aggregation → Processing → Retail.
• Higher-value processing creates additional income.

NODE 55

Contract Farming

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• Agreements between producers and buyers on price/quality.
• Provides market certainty, raises bargaining/enforcement issues.

NODE 56

Agricultural Exports

• Provides FX, larger markets, higher demand.
• Restrictions sometimes used to manage domestic food security.

NODE 57

Price Stabilisation

• Govt uses buffer stocks, trade policy, intervention.
• Trade-off: Consumer affordability vs Producer incentives.

NODE 58

Agri & Employment

• Important for rural livelihoods.
• Dev involves labour moving to higher-productivity sectors.

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Mechanisation

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• Increases productivity, enables scale.
• Reduces demand for certain manual labour.

NODE 60

Agri & Climate Change

• Affected by climate & contributes to GHG emissions.
• Risks: heat, drought, floods, changing rainfall.

NODE 61

Sustainable Agri

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• Maintains productivity while protecting soil/water.
• Micro-irrigation, crop rotation, IPM.

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Income Diversification

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• Livestock, dairy, fisheries, horticulture.
• Reduces dependence on a single crop/shock.

NODE 63

FPOs

• Farmer Producer Organisations.
• Collective marketing, input purchasing, bargaining power.

NODE 64

Agri & Industry

• Agri supplies raw materials (sugar, textiles).
• Agri demands tractors, fertilisers. Interdependent.

NODE 65

Agri & Services

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• Services support via banking, transport, IT, logistics.
• Modern development is highly interconnected.

NODE 66

Rural–Urban Link

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• Rural supplies food, labour, raw materials.
• Urban provides markets, services, tech.

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Food-Security Chain

• Farm Prod → Procurement → Storage.
• Transport → Public Dist → Households.

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Farmer-Credit Chain

• Farmer → Credit → Inputs → Prod.
• Harvest → Market → Revenue → Repayment.

NODE 69

Agri Market Chain

• Farmer → Aggregation → Storage.
• Wholesale → Processing → Retail.

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Realm 15 Master Arch

• Land/Water/Lab/Cap/Tech → Farm Prod.
• Output → Markets/Procurement → Storage/Processing.
• Supported by Credit/Infra → Food Security + Rural Dev.