Is this the most sought after job for Next Gen Indians?

Farming can be a lucrative and profitable alternative only of its done on large scale with deep pockets. People may not believe but farming is a capita intensive business- high cost of land and substantial investment required for land acquisition is long term apital required. Again farming cycle- from seed to product ready to sell in market is normanlly 3-4 months and substantial investment in seed, labour, fertilizers etc is working capital. Also risk of crop failure ensures that its too big a job for small and marginal farmers. However prices of the agro products on a long run are bound to go up and if corporates are aollowed to do farmimg, they can handle all the capital requirements and also handle risk. They also have capacity for proper storage and minimum wastage.Govt should change old age laws and allow corporate farming. This will also help country to become self sufficient in food grain.

If the govt of india adopt a strategy of purchasing the produce from the farmer's place at say double the market price as the German Govt. did decades ago in increasing their Solar Energy produced at rooftops sold to the govt. power grid for 200% of the prevailing price, there will be heavy rush in the agriculture by the young Indians.

I don't think farming is the most after job for next gen indians. A few guys, mostly from IT background, who are justifiedly frustrated with IT but have spare money do not make up the entire next gen. Any profession becomes "sought after" only when people see money in it. Just like it is IT now. Farming will become attractive when there is acute shortage of farmers and therefore food, food prices shoot up and people see it as a money making profession. Having said that, the section that is being touted as next gen, will not actually want to toil in the hot sun. They need not. The trick is in identifying areas related to farming where money, intelligence and management are needed and money is to be made. All this, in my opinion is at least a decade or two away.

Farming may be attractive when people look at it from outside. But coming from a framing family i know too well it is not a profitable business where the farmer is at the mercy of others (govt, middleman, etc) to fix the price for the product that he toiled in the soil. It is not the farmer or end user who is benefited from farming, it is always the middlemen.

Farming is a good option for young Indians.But,the difficulties faced by the Indian Farmers in disposing the yeilded crop prevent young Indians from entering in this field.
It is time for (both states & central) Govt to take necessary measures including establising mobile market yards to reach Farmers at their door steps and bying their yeilded crop & arranging timely payments so as to attract young indians to opt and become Farmers.

Dear everyone commenting here and EM,
I have repeatedly commented on farming-in-EM-newsletters. I am going to join this tribe of farmers very soon and I am a techie.

On EM's this newsletter
EM: Honestly, we ourselves do not see the young and ambitious agricultural entrepreneurs doing too well in the long run. That is unless the government policies change dramatically in their favour.
Yug: Wrong. What needs to change is how we see nature and how we change our farming methods to STRICTLY CONFIRM to nature.
EM: True the educated lot can use research and technology to their advantage. Literacy and better technology could also help minimize risks.
Yug: Wrong. Trying to grow crops using technology is not only foolish but also a 'false dream'. Confirm to nature and farm. It solves a great number of problems that humanity is facing today and not just the food problem.

No matter how many subsidies govt. provides it will not solve the problem until the INPUT costs are eliminated. It is possible by CONFIRMING to nature and not going against it. Even the prices of output can fall rapidly and give both the consumer and producer a benefit.

I have done much research on this. I have visited many natural farmers. But be aware that even though organic farming and permaculture are good they have been turned into huge business opportunities. The only true farming that benefits humans is 'natural farming' and I suggest everyone to read the book 'The One Straw Revolution' by Masanobu Fukuoka.

Best Regards
Yugandhar

I am surely looking for AGRI As my post retirement Hobby cum profession. I love to be called " Farmer " soon !!

It is just fancy for crazy rich indians.Attraction in the farming is subsiy from Govt.in many forms,tax free income,real estate value at later stage..that is it..

With shortage driving prices up, with considerable improvement potential in productivity, with a better information flow of where to sell and current prices besides the fact that agricultural income is exempt from income tax there is definitely a great possibility that the next gen may want to go for agriculture ....

The reason for this is very logical.
Imagine working under tension for all the years and earning lots of money. But the parody you cannot even long enough to enjoy them !!!

Now imagine working as farmer...You are your boss. No tension of work....And I am 200% sure that all these educated Indians who opt for farming have already a good cushion to maintain their lifestyle irrespective of whether this succeeds or fails.

So the reason is simple : You want to maintain a healthy life after earning all the money...Go for farming. It will not only make you self-sufficient in terms of food , but also make you rich :-)
Kill 2 birds in 1 stone :)