Farming as a value chain

The tradition of mixing crop farming with supplementary farm activities, such as animal husbandry, poultry, fishery, silkworm rearing and beekeeping, has been the mainstay of most Indian farmers who hold no more than one to two hectares of land. However, they do so largely to hedge the crop-failure risk rather than to maximise economic gains by harnessing their synergies.

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