Benefits of FDI on farming

Blessed by nature, India is the second largest, globally, in farm output. But a huge quantity of the produce remains unutilised due to improper collection mechanism, inadequate infrastructure and processing capacity. According to the official estimate, more than 70 per cent of our fruits and vegetables perish before being consumed. Although India is traditionally an agro-based and agro-dependent economy, the average per-hectare yield of agricultural and horticultural crops is lower than the global average. Farm technology that is used on Indian soil hasn't yet caught up with that used by some other countries.

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