Understanding the scope of the above strategies as well as the extent to which
these have been followed by our farmers, calls for an in-depth discussion with the
farming community. However, the Situation Assessment Survey has collected some
information on the awareness created about a few Government initiatives such as
the minimum support price, crop insurance schemes and so on. Table 2 presents the
details of awareness about these programmes at the State level. It is found that the
general awareness level of the Indian farmers regarding risk mitigation measures
such as crop insurance is quite low. It can be seen that at the All India level, only
29 % of the households are aware of the Minimum Support Price and identical is
the awareness level of Karnataka farmers also. The States which have higher
awareness level are Haryana, Punjab and Kerala, where the share of households
aware of these risk mitigation measures is over 61 %. For certain crops, since the
Table 2 Awareness of the risk management schemes and WTO
States
Share of
households aware
of minimum
support price
Share of
households
who have
insured crop
Share of households
who are not aware of
crop insurance
Share of
households
who are aware
of WTO
Andhra
Pradesh
29.23
6.77
75.05
5.47
Assam
21.61
0.19
63.81
10.49
Bihar
18.88
0.85
40.89
8.41
Chhattisgarh 35.29
7.26
66.08
1.41
Gujarat
25.44
19.81
48.21
5.81
Haryana
64.14
0.12
40.96
11.46
Jharkhand
12.49
0.57
66.86
10.69
Jammu &
Kashmir
26.99
0.22
25.00
7.15
Karnataka
29.22
7.90
53.79
7.02
Kerala
61.10
5.06
29.24
44.06
Maharashtra 27.68
10.74
62.93
5.84
Madhya
Pradesh
29.41
2.24
59.86
2.75
Orissa
12.37
7.66
76.68
2.34
Punjab
62.49
1.25
19.64
23.38
Rajasthan
10.51
0.65
54.74
2.30
Tamil Nadu 48.40
2.65
55.91
12.11
Uttar
Pradesh
32.91
1.23
55.65
4.56
Uttaranchal
23.03
0.07
54.06
13.03
West
Bengal
30.35
1.06
64.53
11.88
All India
29.16
4.04
56.63
7.73
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these have been followed by our farmers, calls for an in-depth discussion with the
farming community. However, the Situation Assessment Survey has collected some
information on the awareness created about a few Government initiatives such as
the minimum support price, crop insurance schemes and so on. Table 2 presents the
details of awareness about these programmes at the State level. It is found that the
general awareness level of the Indian farmers regarding risk mitigation measures
such as crop insurance is quite low. It can be seen that at the All India level, only
29 % of the households are aware of the Minimum Support Price and identical is
the awareness level of Karnataka farmers also. The States which have higher
awareness level are Haryana, Punjab and Kerala, where the share of households
aware of these risk mitigation measures is over 61 %. For certain crops, since the
Table 2 Awareness of the risk management schemes and WTO
States
Share of
households aware
of minimum
support price
Share of
households
who have
insured crop
Share of households
who are not aware of
crop insurance
Share of
households
who are aware
of WTO
Andhra
Pradesh
29.23
6.77
75.05
5.47
Assam
21.61
0.19
63.81
10.49
Bihar
18.88
0.85
40.89
8.41
Chhattisgarh 35.29
7.26
66.08
1.41
Gujarat
25.44
19.81
48.21
5.81
Haryana
64.14
0.12
40.96
11.46
Jharkhand
12.49
0.57
66.86
10.69
Jammu &
Kashmir
26.99
0.22
25.00
7.15
Karnataka
29.22
7.90
53.79
7.02
Kerala
61.10
5.06
29.24
44.06
Maharashtra 27.68
10.74
62.93
5.84
Madhya
Pradesh
29.41
2.24
59.86
2.75
Orissa
12.37
7.66
76.68
2.34
Punjab
62.49
1.25
19.64
23.38
Rajasthan
10.51
0.65
54.74
2.30
Tamil Nadu 48.40
2.65
55.91
12.11
Uttar
Pradesh
32.91
1.23
55.65
4.56
Uttaranchal
23.03
0.07
54.06
13.03
West
Bengal
30.35
1.06
64.53
11.88
All India
29.16
4.04
56.63
7.73
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