Nationalisation of Agriculture: A way forward to Sustainability

The agriculture sector has made India a surplus country since independence in terms of yield that is sufficient enough to address the growing demand of its population over the period of time. But it has originated the major concerns in terms of ecology and climate change. Indian Agriculture has predominantly moved away from the benefits of the Green Revolution and culminated into the less crop diversity and groundwater depletion. The lack of technological advancement in the major parts of the country has been mitigated by the establishment of the Farmer Producer Organisations throughout pan India and it is required to penetrate the sustainable agricultural practices using this network. The change in social dynamics of India has underlined the unwillingness of the future generation to work in the agricultural sector due to the rise in gig-economy. This phenomenon has manufactured the shortage of the skilled agricultural labour and rising the cost of agriculture in the form of rising daily wages. Despite the pragmatic policy response of the government in the last two decades like introducing the farm laws and nudging the farmers community towards commercialisation and more profitability has derailed due to the lack of inclusive approach at the policy level. The climate change arrives at pace paving its way for the uncertainty around the declining agricultural yield and employability crisis. In order to tackle the pressing issues of agriculture, this paper offers the policy recommendations in terms of Nationalisation of Agriculture can be a way forward for the sustainable agriculture for the Viksit Bharat 2047.