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In recent years, the Government of India has been trying to popularise nutri-cereal crops through various policy measures such as increasing the minimum support price and changing the name of coarse cereals to nutri-cereals. However, the analysis of data from the cost of cultivation survey spanning 51 years (1971–72 to 2021–22), covering jowar, bajra, ragi and maize, reveals that farmers have not reaped any appreciable profit in terms of cost C2 in any of these crops. This is due to the increased cost of cultivation without a commensurate increase in the value of output.
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