India needs an optimal agri-food policy to counter the challenges it faces in providing nutrition and sustaining agriculture with concern for the environment. In light of this, mention the challenges and suggest the policy measures to deal with agri-food challenges. 10 marks

Mentor’s comment- https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/crop-diversification-policy-agriculture-sector-farmers-hunger-index-children-malnutrition-7150654/ In the intro, mention need for agri-food policy owing to India’s rising population. In the body, mention various challenges like lack of R&D in agricultrue, low productivity, lack of storage, impact on environment etc. In the policy measures, mention the policy parameters- production of enough food to feed the population, achieving higher … Continue reading India needs an optimal agri-food policy to counter the challenges it faces in providing nutrition and sustaining agriculture with concern for the environment. In light of this, mention the challenges and suggest the policy measures to deal with agri-food challenges. 10 marks