Indian farms have been losing their young workers—at a time they need the youth to improve farming

Worries about too many people working on Indian farms seem to ignore a crucial fact—a youth exodus has already left the agriculture sector short of workers agile and savvy enough to modernize farming practices. Farmers need to earn more.

In contrast, while the average services-sector worker was 35 two decades ago, she is barely a year older now. This is based on our analysis of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data. Between 2004…

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