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EP 3: Richa Kumar discusses how the new farm laws tackle India's changing ecologies

Oct 01, 2021 | 29 mins

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Farmers’ face the twin vulnerabilities of uncertain production environment and unpredictable markets. In light of this, the government’s proposals to empower farmers and ambitiously double their incomes has so far included three farm bills, weather apps, and Agristack. But are the remedies prescribed actually helpful to aid the bleeding agrarian economy? We speak with Richa Kumar, Associate Professor of Sociology and Policy Studies at IIT, Delhi, about changing ecologies, cultivation practices and how the current government hopes to tackle these real threats to farmers' livelihoods. 

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