Tag: Agri finance

In this paper, we aim to identify the challenges and opportunities in financing regenerative agriculture within the context of smallholder farming in India and offer suggestions for enhancing the financing of regenerative agriculture in the country.

In this blog, we will highlight some interesting facts about agricultural households from the survey through a set of questions that can help contextualise the financial lives of farmers and their families.

How can finance be designed and structured for agriculture, farmers, agricultural households, agrarian communities and the larger economy so as to ensure economic equity, social well-being, and environmental sustainability?

Offering affordable derivative products that will help them hedge against price and weather risks is vital

It is an important tool for agrarian families to manage and mitigate their risks

On issues faced by Farmer Producer Organisations and recommendations on how to address these issues.

Due to the demonetisation of currency and recall of the currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 denominations announced by the government there was some panic in the initial days and the mandis were closed for some days.

This blog post discusses the concept of weather-indexed insurance in India, its advantages over traditional yield-based insurance schemes and the institutional and infrastructure requirements for successful implementation of weather-indexed schemes.

In India, rice and wheat comprise 70 percent of agricultural produce by area, but less than 25 percent by value.

Agriculture incomes in India are volatile because of a number of unforeseen factors, such as weather, disease/pest infestations and/or market conditions.