Which of the following steps could lead to achievement of targets set under Doubling of Farmers rsqu...........

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Which of the following steps could lead to achievement of targets set under Doubling of Farmers’ Income by 2022?

1. Increased investment in agriculture infrastructure like irrigation etc.

2. Removing middlemen in agriculture marketing

3. Enhancing reach of cheap farm credit to farmers

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1 and 3 only

1 and 2 only

All of the above

2 and 3 only

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Explanation:

improving infrastructure like irrigation will boost farmers income by increasing the productivity of agriculture. Also, irrigation will allow farmers to grow more than one crop per year even with rainfall being concentrated in one season only

Removing middlemen will remove the commssion farmers have to pay to middlemen. this will also reduce wastages and delays in marketing

Finally sourcing cheap credit could allow farmers to buy inputs essential to high productivity like - good yielding seeds, fertilizers etc thereby increasing their incomes