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Home / News / India News / After years, India will import food
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    After years, India will import food

    Achin Garg
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    Last updated on Feb 02, 2016, 04:14 pm
    After years, India will import food
  • India is struggling in the agriculture sector and may soon end up being a net importer in many agricultural commodities.

    Climatic upheavals such as consistent droughts and untimely rains coupled with a lack of investment and surging demand are adversely affecting the agriculture sector.

    The weak growth in this sector is creating a slowdown in rural demand, affecting the whole economy.

  • In this article
    Agriculture in India India's 1st corn imports in 16 years Agriculture growth rate declines Supply of pulses continues to remain short After years, India will import food Food import may hurt Indian farmers Need for urgent focus on agriculture
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    Agriculture in India

  • Agriculture in India contributes to 13% of the GDP, and is a way of life in rural India which has more than two-thirds of India's population. Additionally, agriculture employs almost half of India's workforce.

  • 25 Jan 2016

    India's 1st corn imports in 16 years

    India's 1st corn imports in 16 years
  • India's state-run agriculture trading company PEC Ltd, awarded corn import tenders to South Korea's Daewoo.

    Accordingly, Daewoo will supply 2,50,000 tonnes of non-genetically modified corn at $192-194 per tonne.

    Notably, India had been a net exporter of corn to South East Asia, and this is the first time in 16 years that India has to import corn due to droughts and rising demand.

  • Data

    Agriculture growth rate declines

  • The growth rate of the agriculture sector has fallen to 2% in the first half of financial year 2015-16, as against 2.4% in the same period previous year.

  • 28 Jan 2016

    Supply of pulses continues to remain short

    Supply of pulses continues to remain short
  • The gap between demand and supply of pulses has been widening as the acreage has remained stagnant.

    India produced around 17 million tonnes against a demand of 23 million tonnes.

    Over the last decade, inflation in pulses was close to 9.4% against an overall inflation of 6.3%.

    Experts attribute this to low irrigated area(15%) and uncompetitive pulse-prices, leading to farmers prefering to grow cereals.

  • 2 Feb 2016

    After years, India will import food

    After years, India will import food
  • India is struggling in the agriculture sector and may soon end up being a net importer in many agricultural commodities.

    Climatic upheavals such as consistent droughts and untimely rains coupled with a lack of investment and surging demand are adversely affecting the agriculture sector.

    The weak growth in this sector is creating a slowdown in rural demand, affecting the whole economy.

  • Consequences

    Food import may hurt Indian farmers

    Food import may hurt Indian farmers
    Credits:
  • India's move to import corn has already pushed up prices, at a time when global commodity prices are low.

    Although it may benefit food exporting nations such as Brazil, US and Canada, India may end up becoming a major food importer similar to the situation in the 1960s.

    Though food imports may help keep prices low, it may hurt domestic farming adversely.

  • Way-out

    Need for urgent focus on agriculture

    Need for urgent focus on agriculture
    Credits:
  • According to experts, urgent measures are required to boost irrigation and improve crop yield so as to revive the agriculture growth rate in the country.

    Experts assess that the newly launched Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) can help by significantly easing financial stresses on Indian farmers.

    Absence of urgent actions on the agricultural front may ultimately affect India's food security.

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