The Hindu Business Line : Farmer's woes

This refers to the article, "The burden of farmers' debt" (Business Line, August 30), which stresses policy intervention in matters of input cost, volatile crop prices, access to markets and so on. In this context, the RBI Annual Report 2004-05 is relevant. Farm GDP growth has declined to 1.1 per cent from 9.6 per cent a year ago.

As agriculture is crucial to the growth of other sectors such as the service sector, the Government should pay more attention to its development. Not only should the farmers' burden be reduced, but also policy initiatives to increase production and productivity should be implemented.

A. Jacob Sahayam

Thiruvananthapuram

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