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2. M.S SWAMINATHAN
⦁ He was chairman of the UN science Advisory
Committee set in 1980.
⦁ He was the father of green revoluation (in india )
⦁ Swaminathan report is also know as National
commission on farmer(NCF)
⦁ He served as Director of the Indian Agricultural
Research Institute (1961-72), Director General of
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
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3. Introduction
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⦁ The National Commission on Farmers (NCF) was constituted
on November 18, 2004 under the chairmanship of Professor
M.S. Swaminathan.
⦁ The NCF submitted four reports in December 2004, August
2005, December 2005 and April 2006 respectively. The fifth
and final report was submitted on October 4, 2006.
⦁ The reports contain suggestions to achieve the goal of “faster
and more inclusive growth” as envisaged in the Approach to
11th Five Year Plan.
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5. KEY –POINTS
⦁ Report has suggestions for “faster and more
inclusive growth”
⦁ Recommendation given in this report-
⦁ 1. provide minimum support price for grain
⦁ 2 safeguard the interest of small farmers.
⦁ 3. addressing the issue of increasing risk
overtaking agriculture as a profession .
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6. Key Findings and Recommendations
1. Land reforms .
2. Irrigation .
3. Productivity of agriculture.
4. Credit and insurance .
5. Food security .
6. Prevention of farmer suicides .
7. Competitiveness of farmers .
8. Employment.
9. Bioresources .
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7. 1. LAND REFORMS
⦁ Land reforms are necessary to address the
basic issue of access to land for both crops and
livestock.
⦁ Land holdings inequality is reflected in land
ownership.
⦁ In 1991-92, the share of the bottom half of the
rural households in the total land ownership was
only 3% and the top 10% was as high as 54%.
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8. Recommendation for Land reforms
• Distribute ceiling-surplus and waste lands;
• Prevent diversion of prime agricultural land and
forest to corporate sector for non-agricultural
purposes.
• Ensure grazing rights and seasonal access to
forests to tribals and pastoralists, and access to
common property resources.
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9. 2.Irrigation
⦁ Out of the gross sown area of 192 million ha, rainfed
agriculture contributes to 60 per cent of the gross cropped
area and 45 per cent of the total agricultural output.
⦁ The report recommends:
• A comprehensive set of reforms to enable farmers to
have sustained and equitable access to water.
• Increase water supply through rainwater harvesting and
recharge of the aquifer should become mandatory.
"Million Wells Recharge" programme, specifically targeted
at private wells should be launched.
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10. 3.Productivity of Agriculture
⦁ Apart from the size of holding, the productivity levels
primarily determine the income of the farmers.
⦁ However, the per unit area productivity of Indian
agriculture is much lower than other major crop producing
countries.
⦁ In order to achieve higher growth in productivity in
agriculture, the NCF recommends:
A national network of advanced soil testing laboratories with
facilities for detection of micronutrient deficiencies.
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11. 4.Credit And Insurance
⦁ Timely and adequate supply of credit is a basic requirement of small farm
families. The NCF suggests:
⦁ Expand the outreach of the formal credit system to reach the really poor
and needy.
• Reduce rate of interest for crop loans to 4 per cent simple, with government
support.
• Establish an Agriculture Risk Fund to provide relief to farmers in the
aftermath of successive natural calamities.
• Issue Kisan Credit Cards to women farmers, with joint pattas as collateral.
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12. 5. Food Security
⦁ The Mid-term appraisal of the 10th Plan revealed that
India is lagging behind in achieving the Millennium
Development Goals of halving hunger by 2015.
⦁ Therefore, the decline in per capita foodgrain availability
and its unequal distribution have serious implications for
food security in both rural and urban areas.
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13. NCF recommendation for food security
• Reorganise the delivery of nutrition support programmes on a life-
cycle basis with the participation of Panchayats and local bodies.
• Eliminate micronutrient deficiency induced hidden hunger through an
integrated food cum fortification approach.
• Promote the establishment of Community Food and Water Banks
operated by Women Self-help Groups (SHG), based on the principle
‘Store Grain and Water everywhere'.
• Help small and marginal farmers to improve the productivity, quality
and profitability of farm enterprises and organize a Rural Non-Farm
Livelihood Initiative. 13
14. 6.Prevention of Farmers' Suicides
⦁ In the last few years, a large number of farmers have
committed suicide.
⦁ Cases of suicides have been reported from states such as
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab,
Rajasthan, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.
⦁ The NCF has underlined the need to address the farmer
suicide problem on a priority basis.
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15. measures suggested of Prevention of Farmers'
Suicides
• Cover all crops by crop insurance with the village
and not block as the unit for assessment.
• Provide for a Social Security net with provision for
old age support and health insurance
⦁ Public awareness campaigns to make people
identify early signs of suicidal behavior.
⦁ Need swift action on import duties to protect
farmers from international price.
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16. 7.Competitiveness of Farmers
⦁ It is imperative to raise the agricultural competitiveness of farmers
with small land holdings.
⦁ Productivity improvement to increase the marketable surplus must
be linked to assured and remunerative marketing opportunities.
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17. measures suggested by NCF include
• Improvement in implementation of Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Arrangements for MSP need to be put in place for crops other than
paddy and wheat. Also, millets and other nutritious cereals should be
permanently included in the PDS.
• MSP should be at least 50% more than the weighted average cost of
production.
• Availability of data about spot and future prices of commodities
through the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCD) and the NCDEX and
the APMC electronic networks covering 93 commodities through 6000
terminals and 430 towns and cities. 17
18. 8.Employment
⦁ Structural change in the workforce is taking place in India albeit
slowly. In 1961, the percentage of the workforce in agriculture was
75.9%. while the number decreased to 59.9% in 1999-2000.
⦁ But agriculture still provides the bulk of employment in the rural
areas.
⦁ The overall employment strategy in India must seek to achieve two
things.
⦁ First, create productive employment opportunities and second to
improve the ‘quality' of employment in several sectors such that real
wages rise through improved productivity. : 18
19. The measures to do so include
• Accelerating the rate of growth of the economy;
• Emphasizing on relatively more labour intensive sectors and
inducing a faster growth of these sectors;
⦁ Improving the functioning of the labour markets through such
modification as may be necessary without eroding the core labour
standards.
⦁ The "net take home income" of farmers should be comparable to
those of civil servants
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20. 9.Bioresources
⦁ Rural people in India depend on a wide range of bioresources for their
nutrition and livelihood security. The report recommends:
• Preserving traditional rights of access to biodiversity, which include
access to non-timber forest products including medicinal plants, gums
and resins, oil yielding plants and beneficial micro-organisms;
• Conserving, enhancing and improving crops and farm animals as well as
fish stocks through breeding;
• Encouraging community-based breed conservation (i.e. conservation
through use);
• Allowing export of indigenous breeds and import of suitable breeds to
increase productivity of nondescript animals.
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