Problems even after producing big harvests

1. National Crop Forecast Centre has come into being. We have modernized. Now-a-days weather forecast is sent to farmers through mass SMS. Satellite data is matched with ground data collection. And thus it is confirmed. Now we know exactly how much we have produced. Record bumper harvest has been reaped. To accommodate the grains, capacity of granaries has to be increased. With no space in government’s FCI (Food Corporation of India)granaries, new storage spaces are rented. 
2. Market pressures. The farmer has to sell at a lower rate than recommended price, because the supply has exceeded the demand. New procedures have been made for buying and selling. Now the Farmer will be given a cheque for the grains he sells. And he cannot get cheated now. This means greater monetisation of the rural market. Bumper procurement means greater pressures on government to manage the produce. We can have plenty for Public Distribution Schemes and for BPL and APL families. May be six months ration can be taken by these families in advance.Possibilities of export have increased, we have produced much more than we need. Farmer has to sell at a rate less than Minimum Support Price. 
3. Problem of plenty. With the Winter being long this year, wheat has grown well.We will procure the grains later and encourage the farmer to keep his produce in his own stores(granaries) for a while.Even now 325 farmers this year alone have committed suicides. One farmer who had one lakh as debt has left a suicide note on “whom not to vote for” These simple people still believe that the elected people will help them come out of poverty. Our agricultural reforms have paid off and our agricultural  scientists have helped the farmers greatly.Agricultural scientists are trying very hard to make farming a more profitable occupation. But social reorganisation (cooperatives) and modernisation of modes of production are also equally important to uplift the predicament of farmers of India.