Abhijit Banerjee Quotes

American farmers and ranchers deserve a USDA that will pursue supportive policies rather than seek their further harm.

Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers.

There are many commitments I have made for reducing poverty. One is to reform social security. Social security reaches only 44 percent of Mexicans. One of my goals is to give social security to all the people.

Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his feet.

Let’s help farmers when they need it; let’s not, when they don’t.

I believe in a safety net. I believe one of the responsibilities of the Federal Government is a safety net.

The highest priority of my government is to remove various difficulties faced by farmers and to raise their standard of living. The schemes of my government are not only removing their hardships but also reducing the expenditure incurred by them on farming.

India and other developing nations need non-farm sector activity. So what we are doing, we are giving small microbusiness to the rural women, especially the farmers' wives.

The matter of social security and these grants is to help to address the levels of poverty in the country.

I would like to make sure, first of all, that our women in the informal sector - I mean, these are the farmers and the traders; many of them are not educated, many of them lacking literacy - be able to give them better working conditions. And we've done a lot to be able to achieve that.

I am very active in the co-operative movement. I am very active in agro-industrial growth. I am taking up the issues of the farmers of India. I am active in the field of education.

If you enter the World Bank office in Washington, D.C., you will see written on the left wall, 'The purpose of the World Bank is to fight poverty with passion.' I had it put up there because I wanted something that unites us as an institution.

I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.

It's clear that means testing can direct limited resources to the elderly in need and achieve better results in poverty alleviation.

All kinds of excuses have been given by governments for not implementing this recommendation like food price inflation. But the question is, do the farmers of this country, who constitute nearly half of the working population, also not need to eat?

Ultimately, multiple livelihood opportunities alone can insulate farmers in rainfed areas from the debt trap.

Our core attention is to bring prosperity in the life of common man, and all-out resources have been used for his facilitation.

I've led programs that have helped thousands of individuals, small businesses, veterans, the disabled, farmers get low-interest loans to prosper.

India's future has to be built on the foundation of social protection of the economically and socially handicapped sections.

I am committed to helping our farmers in any way that I can.

I will work towards ensuring that farmers do not face any crisis and live up to the confidence they have reposed in me.

The Modi government started several welfare schemes for poor and realised the dream of corruption-free India.

I am happy to announce that to provide remunerative price to millets-growing farmers and to improve the nutritional security, state government will procure millets and utilize them in government schemes.

The important thing for the government to do is to help people who cannot help themselves by providing a range of support.

We are not intoxicated by power. We are concerned about the betterment of the poor, marginalised, oppressed, farmers, women, those living in villages, and every section of society.