The pathetic state of governance and stifling bureaucracy and rampant corruption is what is responsible for the current state of agriculture in this country. Farmers are a god forsaken lot in this country. Agriculture has been neglected for too long just because no amount of goodwill by the government results in the benefits reaching the people who really need it.
It is believed that if proper measures are taken to bring the entire Gangetic plains of UP, West Bengal and Bihar to productive levels of the west, it would be enough to feed the population of the entire world.
I read the Business world edition of 30th March. Really good articles on what is amiss with our current agriculture system.
