Ramaswami: According to the centre’s last Agriculture Census report of 2015-16, the percentage of big farmers in Punjab is only 5%, which means that the present procurement system has benefited mostly small and marginal farmers, which according to census data account for a whopping 33.1% in the state having holdings below 2 hectares, while 33.6 percent are semi-medium (below 4 hectares) and remaining are medium landholding farmers.

Saturday, January 2, 2021

According to the centre’s last Agriculture Census report of 2015-16, the percentage of big farmers in Punjab is only 5%, which means that the present procurement system has benefited mostly small and marginal farmers, which according to census data account for a whopping 33.1% in the state having holdings below 2 hectares, while 33.6 percent are semi-medium (below 4 hectares) and remaining are medium landholding farmers.

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