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Agriculture
Meghalaya Govt Prioritises Infrastructure Over Support Prices to Stabilise Farmers’ Income
✍️ shillongtoday.com
🗓 31 Jul 2026, 06:10 AM
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The Meghalaya government has announced a shift in focus from raising support prices to investing in infrastructure, aiming to boost farmers’ incomes by improving market access and reducing post‑harvest losses.
The Meghalaya government has decided to prioritise infrastructure development over increasing support prices as a strategy to stabilise farmers’ incomes. Agriculture Minister R. K. Sharma explained that building roads, irrigation channels and storage facilities will help farmers reach markets more efficiently and reduce post‑harvest losses.
The policy shift comes as the state seeks to address long‑standing challenges faced by its agrarian community. By improving transport links and storage infrastructure, the government aims to cut the time and cost of getting produce to buyers, thereby enhancing farmers’ earnings.
While the ministry will not immediately raise minimum support prices, it will allocate funds for projects that directly benefit the rural farming sector. The move is expected to create a more resilient agricultural economy in Meghalaya, with better supply‑chain connectivity and reduced wastage.
The government has pledged to monitor the impact of these infrastructure investments on farmers’ incomes over the next few years, with the goal of ensuring sustainable growth for the state’s agricultural community.
The policy shift comes as the state seeks to address long‑standing challenges faced by its agrarian community. By improving transport links and storage infrastructure, the government aims to cut the time and cost of getting produce to buyers, thereby enhancing farmers’ earnings.
While the ministry will not immediately raise minimum support prices, it will allocate funds for projects that directly benefit the rural farming sector. The move is expected to create a more resilient agricultural economy in Meghalaya, with better supply‑chain connectivity and reduced wastage.
The government has pledged to monitor the impact of these infrastructure investments on farmers’ incomes over the next few years, with the goal of ensuring sustainable growth for the state’s agricultural community.