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The Study is planned to be conducted in three phases, which
would be implemented under overall guidance of a Technical
Committee and supervision of a Steering Committee of experts.
Phase-I of the Study will bring out a series of status
papers on various aspects of agriculture impacting
the farmers, on the basis of existing data sources and
research material. The
output of this phase would provide a historical perspective of
last 50 years of agricultural development in the country to the
planners in the coming decades.
During Phase-II, a countrywide Situation Assessment Survey
(SAS) has been planned to obtain a snapshot picture of
conditions of
farming community as characterized by their professional and
socio-economic environment. Phase-III of the Study would be concentrating on analysis
of the conditions of the farmers as a consequences of past macro
policies and programmes. The research output of Phase-I as well as
the data generated through the SAS will be the main input of
analysis during Phase-III.
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