Technological Interventions for Augmenting Income of Rural Households in India

Abstract

One of the central issues which policy makers constantly try to address in developing countries is to explore ways to augment income of rural households. India being an agrarian economy, most of its population depend on farming as main source of income. But, large section of the farming population is distressed and look for alternative income augmenting avenues. A possible solution to enhance income of farmers is adopting technology in farming practices. With this background, the paper based on secondary data sources explores how technological interventions can help farmers to augment their income