COVER STORY
Farmers in the frame
Irrigation, crop yields and falling incomes are vexing challenges for India’s smaller-sized farms. Making farming sustainable is essential for a nation where two-thirds of the population is engaged in agriculture. The Tata Trusts have rolled out a barrage of initiatives — backed by an armoury of knowledge, technology and tools — to help India’s farmers transform the way they work and earn.
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A Bigger Basket
NEIDA focuses on the value-chain development of crops grown in the region while also encouraging non-farm activities such as piggery and beekeeping. Many of the 26,489 households in the programme area — 102 villages in Arunachal Pradesh, 139 in Mizoram and 128 in Nagaland — have seen their annual incomes go up considerably.
