The low productivity in India is a result of the following factors:
- According to World Bank, Indian Branch: Priorities for Agriculture and Rural Development", India's large agricultural subsidies are hampering productivity-enhancing investment. Overregulation of agriculture has increased costs, price risks and uncertainty. Government intervenes in labour, land, and credit markets. India has inadequate infrastructure and services. World Bank also says that the allocation of water is inefficient, unsustainable and inequitable. The irrigation infrastructure is deteriorating. The overuse of water is currently being covered by over pumping aquifers, but as these are falling by foot of groundwater each year, this is a limited resource.
- Illiteracy, general socio-economic backwardness, slow progress in implementing land reforms and inadequate or inefficient finance and marketing services for farm produce.
- Inconsistent government policy. Agricultural subsidies and taxes often changed without notice for short term political ends.
- The average size of land holdings is very small (less than 20,000 m²) and is subject to fragmentation, due to land ceiling acts and in some cases, family disputes. Such small holdings are often over-manned, resulting in disguised unemployment and low productivity of labour.
- Adoption of modern agricultural practices and use of technology is inadequate, hampered by ignorance of such practices, high costs and impracticality in the case of small land holdings.
- Irrigation facilities are inadequate, as revealed by the fact that only 52.6% of the land was irrigated in 2003–04, which result in farmers still being dependent on rainfall, specifically the Monsoon season. A good monsoon results in a robust growth for the economy as a whole, while a poor monsoon leads to a sluggish growth. Farm credit is regulated by NABARD, which is the statutory apex agent for rural development in the subcontinent. At the same time overpumping made possible by subsidized electric power is leading to an alarming drop in aquifer levels.
Source: Agriculture in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some comments on Chinese Agriculture:
- Due to political and technological changes over the last half of the 20th century, the agricultural production of China greatly increased.
- However since 2000 the depletion of China's main aquifers has led to an overall decrease in grain production, turning China into a net importer. The trend of Chinese dependence on imported food is expected to accelerate as the water shortage worsens.
- China is the world's largest importer of soybeans and other food crops.
Concerns:
As a developing nation, China has relatively low sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards for its agricultural goods. Corruption in the government, such as the bribery of former head of the State Food and Drug Administration Zheng Xiaoyu, has also complicated China's regulation difficulties. Excessive pesticide residues, low food hygiene, unsafe additives, contamination with heavy metals and other contaminants, and misuse of veterinary drugs have all led to trade restrictions with developed nations such as Japan, the United States, and the European Union. These problems have also led to public outcry, such as in the melamine-tainted dog food scare and the carcinogenic-tainted seafood import restriction, leading to measures such as the "China-free" label.
Source: Agriculture in China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Have you finished reading the report? Or is it because i misread the report?Why are more chinese starving if this were the case?? Chinese wealth is in Debt holdings and not in real assets. Look at who has more real assets and you find the reason why chinese are starving and trying to be a cheap #2 competitor to USA while being trapped in the third world quicksand.
What is the point of highlighting this?Concerns:
As a developing nation, China has relatively low sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards for its agricultural goods. Corruption in the government, such as the bribery of former head of the State Food and Drug Administration Zheng Xiaoyu, has also complicated China's regulation difficulties. Excessive pesticide residues, low food hygiene, unsafe additives, contamination with heavy metals and other contaminants, and misuse of veterinary drugs have all led to trade restrictions with developed nations such as Japan, the United States, and the European Union. These problems have also led to public outcry, such as in the melamine-tainted dog food scare and the carcinogenic-tainted seafood import restriction, leading to measures such as the "China-free" label.
India turns to China for grain storage expertise
With the National Food Security Bill bringing into sharp focus the requirement of scientific storage, India is looking at collaborating with China in building a modern and temperature-controlled facility.
China has the capacity to store up to 200 million tonnes of wheat and paddy, while India's capacity is 42 million tonnes with an unmet requirement for an additional 17 million tonnes.
yes, India is so eviroment-friendly that they would rather be malnourished with their arable land virginiaIndia is not using more than 15% of it's arable land capacity, China is probably at 100% where does China go from here?? and you still have starvation even at this rate.
please translate, and try to make sense in your arguments.yes, India is so eviroment-friendly that they would rather be malnourished with their arable land virginia
He means india is soo environmental friendly to use more land for agriculture... But i still don't understand his statement...lolyes, India is so eviroment-friendly that they would rather be malnourished with their arable land virginia
I think he means "India is trying to be 'environmentally friendly' by letting arable land stay unused (meaning it will remain as forest land)."please translate, and try to make sense in your arguments.
You need to educate yourself about the state of Indian agriculture. There is enough production right now to feed the entire country and half of it over. The problem is surplus grain storage rotting in our godownw because of an inefficient PDS, and India is working with Argentina to ensure it happens less often in the future:badguy2000 said:main reasion might be the low efficiency and productivty of India's agriculture.
India's food production/per square is only 1/3-1/2 of China. India's per capital food productivity is only 1/3-1/2... it is very hard to provide Indian people enough food on such a condition.
We've gone through this before. Remember the thread where you were proved wrong?According to India-style loose definition of "mid-class",90% of Chinese, except those entitled to poverty subsidies ,can be titled "mid class".
According to Chinese definition of "mid-class" .90% of India "mid class" so called can be entitle to poverty subsidies in CHina.
BTW.
India total wealth is less than China.
India has more billionnaires than CHina
India has much more people in abject poverty than CHina.
however, some guys like LETHALFORCE still insist that India has better wealth distribution than CHina......what a joke!
That is probably the main reason why the one child policy was adopted in the first place.India is not using more than 15% of it's arable land capacity, China is probably at 100% where does China go from here?? and you still have starvation even at this rate.
Let's call a spade a spade. If there is an unpleasant truth, then let's acknowledge it as the unpleasant truth. Simply calling it 'crap' isn't going to 'help your country solve the problems' either. Or is it?What is the point of highlighting this?
The report has clealy indicated that China has done a much better job than your country in relieving poverty and starvation. Posting such crap won't change that fact, nor will it help your country solve the problems.
Thanks for the link. I think other posters have already highlighted the inefficiency with which India stores grains. I have also posted a few reports (Post #23).Just for what it is worth, hope this piece may inspire you to think further.
The Hindu : News / National : India turns to China for grain storage expertise