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Question
'Agriculture sector has been adversely affected by the Economic reform process.’ Comment.
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Solution
Agricultural sector has been adversely affected by the Economic Reform Process in the following ways:
- The withdrawal of agricultural subsidies has had a significant impact on small and marginal farmers.
- Investment in agriculture has decreased, particularly in infrastructure (irrigation, power, research, and so on).
- Agricultural import duties have been decreased.
- Quantitative limits on agricultural commodity imports have been eliminated.
- It also resulted in a shift in cropping patterns. Farmers are increasingly shifting away from subsistence crops and toward cash crops.
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