Development challenges for agriculture in Maharashtra

Title

Development challenges for agriculture in Maharashtra

Creator

Shaha K.; Yogeshwari S., yogeshwari.s@christuniversity.in

Description

Maharashtra is heralded as one of the economically advanced states, but this illusion crashed under the attack of COVID-19 virus and economic deterioration is expected to follow. It is argued here that the state policy dished out a raw deal to the agricultural sector and set the sector under severe stress. The path of this retrogression, reasons behind the trends and the possible policy platform for the last six decades are traced. Stagnation has gripped the agricultural sector, and it is losing cultivable land to other uses. This is accompanied by a sharp increase in small and marginal holdings. Surprisingly, the state has no agricultural policy document in place and the sector largely depends on only sporadic firefighting approaches with a policy paralysis. 2020 Economic and Political Weekly. All rights reserved.

Source

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol-55, No. 26-27, pp. 36-43.

Date

2020-01-01

Publisher

Economic and Political Weekly

Coverage

Shaha K., Institute for Social and Economic Change, Nagarbhavi Bengaluru, India; Yogeshwari S., yogeshwari.s@christuniversity.in, School of Business Studies and Social Sciences, Christ Deemed to be University, Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 129976

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Review

Identifier

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