India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
New Delhi, Aug 15: Stressing that shrinking farm sizes is a challenge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there is a need to increase the “collective power” of small farmers — who account for more than 80 per cent of the farming community — with new facilities in the coming years.
Small farmers have less than 2 hectares of land. Additionally, farm holdings are getting smaller and smaller in villages with rise in population and division in families, he said during his Independence Day speech.
Unlike the previous regime, the current government is bringing farm reforms and programmes with focus on small farmers, he said, adding that schemes like PM-KISAN and Fasal Bima Yojana will strengthen these cultivators.
Asserting that his dream is to make small farmers the pride of…