Recent warnings about potential food security challenges in the coming months highlight the importance of strengthening the resilience of India’s agricultural systems to El Niño.
These concerns, coupled with disruptions to fertiliser supplies and global grain shipments arising from geopolitical conflicts, create pressures on energy, food, fertiliser and financial systems, underscoring the importance of enhancing the resilience of India’s economy and food systems to external shocks.
For India, this is particularly significant. Agriculture and allied activities account for 46.1 per cent of the country’s workforce, making the sector central to livelihoods and economic well-being. At the same time, factors such as fragmented landholdings, gaps in irrigation coverage, limited access to quality and timely inputs, limited technological penetration, limited handholding support to farmers at field level continue to shape agricultural productivity.
