Q.Write any two measures undertaken by the Government of India to improve agricultural marketing. Or What do you understand by diversification of agriculture?

The government has taken several steps to make agricultural marketing fairer and more remunerative for farmers; diversification, meanwhile, spreads farmers' income and activity across multiple crops and allied sectors.

Measures to improve agricultural marketing in India:

1. Regulated markets (APMCs – Agricultural Produce Market Committees) — established to ensure farmers get fair, transparent prices for their produce and to protect them from exploitation by unregulated middlemen/traders.
2. Minimum Support Price (MSP) and storage support — the government announces MSPs for various crops to guarantee farmers a floor price regardless of market fluctuations, and has expanded warehousing/cold-storage facilities (through agencies like the FCI and CWC) to reduce distress sales immediately after harvest. …