விவசாயகள் தற்கொலைக்கு பல காரணிகள்

1. உலகெங்கும் பல பணகார நாடுகள் மிக மிக அதிகமாக தம் விவசாயிகளுக்கு
மான்யம் வழங்குவதால் விவசாய விலை பொருட்க்கள் விலை மற்ற பொது விலைவாசி
அளவுக்கு கூடவில்லை. முக்கியமாக பருத்தி. நம்மால் அந்த அளவிற்கு மானயம்
அளிக்க முடியவில்லை. ஊழல் வேறு பெரும் பகுதி மானியத்தை அபகரிக்கின்றது.

2.நில சீர்திருத்தம் என்ற பெயரில், பெரும் பண்ணைகள் இன்று துண்டு
துண்டாக்கப்பட்டு, ஒரு விவ‌சாயின் சராசரி நிலம் 2 ஏக்கருக்கும்
குறைவானது. முன்னேறிய நாடுகள், சைனாவிலும் இதற்க்கு நேர் எதிராக மிக
பெரிய பண்னைகள், நவீன தொழில்னுட்பம் பயன் படுத்தபடுகின்றன. economics of
scale and
minimum farm size..

3.இந்தியாவில் நாம் 1991 வரி கடைபிடித்த லைசென்ஸ், பெர்மிட் ராஜ்
பொருளாதார கொளகைகிளினால், தொழில்துறை முடக்கபட்டது. இல்லவிட்டால், பல
கோடி கிராம மக்கள், அந்தந்த பகுதிகளிலேயே உருவாகும் உற்பத்தி துறை வேலை
வாய்ப்பை பெற்று படிப்படியாக மாற்று வழி பெற்றிருப்பர். சீனாவில் அதுதான்
நடந்தது. The bulk of the population migrated gradually from farming to
manufacturing and finally to service sector, unlike India.

4.அர‌சின் பற்றாக்குறைகளால் ப‌ண‌வீக்கம் அதிகரித்து, அனைத்து
விலைவாசிகளும், கூலியும் மிக அதிகமாகிறது. இதனால் விவசாயிகளுக்கு சுமை அதிகம்.

5.அரசு அளிக்கவேண்டிய அடிப்படை கல்வி, சுகாதார வசதிகள், ஊழல் மற்றும்
பொறுப்பற்ற அர‌சு ஊழிய‌ர்க‌ளினால் ச‌ரியாக‌ விவசாயிக‌ளுக்கும்
ஏழைக‌ளுக்கும் கிடைக்காத்தால், அவ‌ர்க‌ள் த‌னியார் துறைக‌ளை நாட‌
வேண்டிய‌ அவ‌ல‌ம். மேலும் செல‌வுக‌ள். சுமைக‌ள்.

6.இன்னும் ப‌ல‌ சிக்க‌லான‌ கார‌ணிக‌ள்....

3 comments:

K.R.அதியமான் said...

LEADER ARTICLE:
We Need Another Revolution
31 Mar 2008, 0009 hrs IST,Noeleen Heyzer



In the last decade, developing economies in Asia and the Pacific doubled in size, growing over 7 per cent on average. This growth has garnered much attention and plaudits. Yet, 641 million of the world's poorest - nearly two-thirds of the global total - live in the Asia-Pacific region.

Other statistics are equally shocking. Ninety-seven million children remain underweight. Four million children die before reaching the age of five. Some 566 million people living in rural areas have no access to clean water. And less than a third of rural inhabitants have access to basic sanitation.

These fault lines question the sustainability and validity of the current development paradigm, which leaves millions of people trapped in extreme poverty when so much wealth has been generated in such a short time. Most of the poor are in the rural sector and agriculture is their main livelihood. And this is where the problem lies.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has carried out research which shows that persistent poverty and widening inequality in the region are the result of decades of neglect of agriculture. The analysis shows that growth strategies and economic policies in the region have systematically overlooked the agricultural sector. And this is despite the fact that agriculture is the main livelihood of the poor and still provides employment for 60 per cent of the working population in Asia and the Pacific.

The tremendous potential of the agricultural sector to reduce poverty has been weakened by unfavourable macroeconomic policies that led to high and variable interest rates and inflation in the 1980s as well as the erosion of public services such as agricultural extension services since the 1980s; the failure of agricultural credit policies; and the massive scaling down of public investment in irrigation and rural infrastructure. The list goes on.

Official development assistance (ODA) has shown a similar disregard for the sector. Between 1983-1987 and 1998-2000, ODA for agriculture fell by 57 per cent to an annual average of $5.1 billion. Lending for agriculture by multi-lateral lending agencies, such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, showed a downward trend. As a result, growth and productivity in agriculture have stalled. Alongside this, the decline in poverty has been slowing down in the region since the late 1980s.

In China, for example, half of the decline in poverty occurred in the first half of the 1980s when agriculture was given priority. We see this pattern repeat itself time and time again - when agricultural development was placed high on the development agenda, poverty declined rapidly in Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, and many other countries in Asia and the Pacific.

The neglect of agriculture has put enormous pressure on farmers. Low yields, high input prices and low market prices for agricultural produce have led to a vicious cycle of low income and stagnation. Massive scaling down of public services, particularly in irrigation and agricultural extension services, has dealt a blow to the sector. The distress in rural areas is reflected in rising farm indebtedness and suicides in many countries. The figures are tragic and astounding - in India alone, almost 87,000 farmers committed suicide between 2001 and 2005.

Unless the neglect of agriculture is addressed, poverty will not be reduced significantly in the region, and inequalities will widen further. In turn, this will jeopardise the economic prospects of our countries and the social cohesion of our communities. The 2008 survey shows that improving agricultural labour productivity could have a profound impact on poverty reduction.

For example, raising the region's average agricultural labour productivity to the level seen in Thailand would take 218 million people - a third of the region's poor - out of poverty. India,China, Bangladesh and Indonesia would gain the most. Large gains in reducing poverty are also possible through the comprehensive liberalisation of global agricultural trade, with the potential to take another 48 million people out of poverty. Our research also shows that raising productivity in agriculture will reduce income inequality significantly.

If more reasons were needed for our call to focus on agriculture, then one need only look at the rising food prices that are being felt across the region. With the demand for biofuel apparently unstoppable, the region needs a renewed and urgent effort to revive its agricultural sector to increase food production and stop food prices from spiralling even further.

Quite simply, agriculture needs another revolution. Increasing agricultural productivity should be at the centre of this new approach. It is crucial that the sector's productivity is improved through increased investment in research and development, human capital, extension services, irrigation and rural infrastructure. Land tenure systems need to be revamped, where necessary.

The rural poor need to be better connected to cities and markets. Macroeconomic policies, credit instruments and crop insurance need to be made farmer-friendly. A market orientation with a focus on quality and standards would be part of this strategy. In short, agriculture should be treated as a high-value added, diversified, marketable sector - not a charity case.

Given its natural limitations, agriculture alone cannot take the region's 641 million poor people out of poverty. Therefore, a gradual transition from agriculture should complement productivity improvements - by empowering the poor, particularly women, with the skills to tap labour market opportunities and by promoting rural non-farm activities and regional growth centres.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/We_Need_Another_Revolution/articleshow/2912309.cms

சாமான்யன் Siva(stocksiva.blogspot.com) said...

நல்ல விசயங்கள் மக்களில் கணிசமான் பேருக்கு புரியும்னு நினைக்கிரேன். கெட்டதையும் வெளியே எடுங்க.எப்படி இருந்திருந்தா நல்லா இருக்கும்னும் சொல்லுங்க

கபீஷ் said...

Good one. Thanks for sharing