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Bridging Income Gaps: Empowering Marginal Farmers

Agriculture continues to be the backbone of Indian economy and principal source of livelihood of rural families largely by small and marginal farmers and ensuring the food and nutritional security. These farmers are confronted with a number of issues of credit, input supply, proper linkage with market and so on. Women farmers are behind in adopting the drudgery reduction technologies followed by health and nutrition of farm families. Their livelihood can be improved by using different strategies of information and communication technologies (ICTs), capacity building, fight against climate change and enhancing food production. Budgetary requirements also needs to be taken care of. Market-oriented research and investment also must be enhanced to protect our farmers from glut situation and earning more income by utilising the concept of FPOs/FPCs in broader perspective.(Kumar et al., 2020).