Contract Farming

“In the last five years, the investments into the agricultural space has been very encouraging. This validates that agriculture is not considered all that risky as some understand it."

Jalgaon in Maharashtra is often in the news for droughts and farmer suicides. But amidst this bleak picture, two farmers from here were invited to share their success stories at a seminar organized by Harvard University -- and this was made possible because of a third farmer from the same district.

While presenting the Union Budget 2017, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled a slew of measures to boost agricultural economy and prioritize farmer welfare.