Bet the farm on food processing

For all the talk about “inclusive growth”, policymaking could do with greater inclusivity. Has any policymaker asked a migrant worker or slum dweller why they left home? The most commonly cited reason is the lack of opportunity there. But what do people seek, to be able to stay in the village? One of the main problems is the fragmentation of land holdings, which reach a stage where the produce is not enough to sustain growing families and the fact that no non-farm opportunities have been created.

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