This is the beginning only of High food prices. The reasons lot of farmers are giving up Agriculture or becoming labourers in the urban areas. Even big farmers are not enthusiastic about farming and moving into other businesses. The reasons are innumerable. Neglect of Agriculture by successive governments, middle men, lack of bank credit, small holdings, increased cost of fertilisers, pesticides & labour. Most of the farmers are giving up cultivation of food crops. If India wants to import food grains from outside, it should pay more price probably double of Minimum support price it is offering to its own farmers. Even Inflation is contained, this can be in short term only. Food and Edible oil prices will go up further and probably be double in 2 years time. But steep rise will be in India as the gap between Indian and global food prices is still high. If the present unrewarding agrarian pattern continues, India once again has to depend on import of food grains to feed all its population.
