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The blueprint for Doubling Farmers' Income should incorporate fully at least one of the four ways to enhance farmers' income security. The four options are 1) universal basic income for farmers; Statutory enforceable minimum support prices (MSPs) for all farm produce including fish;3)Transformation of all direct and indirect farm subsidies into direct cash transfers (DCT) into bank accounts of farm families farm households; and 4) contract farming where the contracting entity, be it public or private sector company, supplies quality inputs and agrees to buy entire the produce at a guaranteed price.
