I like the idea of "Chambers of Farming". Some thing got into my mind
and I can't get over it. (Should I try?) Instead of Govt taking the
lead and forming a politically charged bodies to start with, can we
encourage "Public Private Partnerships" here too? Can every chamber be
a govt. partner but independent for all other reasons? Can they be part
of a self governing echo systems?
Another observation that I am interested in is, having smaller chunks
of land may not be very suitable to apply and take advantage of latest
farm technologies, . But in India, like in any other country, land
ownership is more emotional than any other type of property. How we get
our farmers to take advantage of modern tools and techniques that are
so easily available to corporate farms?
Can we encourage "Corporate Farms - Indian Style" at village level,
where participating Farmers are stakeholders and no one else. Their
stake is determined by the land they contribute to the "larger-farm"?
Do you think this will fly? What happens to individual control and
pride? What else can plague such a seemingly benign strategy? What safe
guards are needed?
Regards,
Chandu
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