Farmers should explore other avenues to supplement income

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar says that sole dependence on agriculture to earn a living was increasingly becoming difficult for farmers in the country.

• Find part time work or start a side-business: Due to an increasingly mechanised farming, farmers today are left with more spare time.
• Dairy farming: Sell milk to supplement farm income.
• Fisheries
• Bee-keeping
• If the farm is growing mainly wheat or rice, think of shifting partly to other crops like vegetables, fruits or flowers.
• Intercropping