Sustainable agriculture in Maharashtra: Can the state budget offset climate vulnerability?

Singh, Gurpreet and Kulkarni, Poorvi (2024) Sustainable agriculture in Maharashtra: Can the state budget offset climate vulnerability? Economic and Political Weekly, 59 (7). ISSN 2349-8846

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Abstract

Losses faced by farmers due to consecutive drought years, frequent hailstorms, and unseasonal rain in the past decade were compounded by successive floods during the 2019–21 monsoon. The need to embed climate-resilient practices into agricultural interventions by the government was more acutely felt. Against this backdrop, this article looks at whether the Maharashtra budget has allocated adequately to sustainable agriculture and other community-based agricultural infrastructure development in the recent years. Data show that budgetary allocation towards sustainable agriculture schemes and other long-term, community-based infrastructure development programmes have fallen short. Although these schemes build long-term climate resilience of agriculture and allied sectors, allocations so far have been skewed towards short-term relief. Apart from refocusing on budgetary allocation for community-based infrastructure development schemes, directing attention towards allied sectors and wage employment is equally necessary to increase farmers’ income sustainably

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Maharashtra Budget | Sustainable agriculture | Climate Change | Community-based Infrastructure
Subjects: Physical, Life and Health Sciences > Agricultural science
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Public Policy
JGU School/Centre: Jindal School of Government and Public Policy
Depositing User: Subhajit Bhattacharjee
Date Deposited: 02 Apr 2024 09:41
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2024 09:41
Official URL: https://www.epw.in/engage/article/sustainable-agri...
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/7558

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