1. Team Details:
Coordinator-Aslam Shaikh
Member1-Irfan Khan
Member2-Imran Shaikh
Member3-Pop Singh Jhala
Member4-Yogendra Singh Chouhan
Contributional Development

2.  Agriculture Sector is changing the socio-economic
environments of the population due to liberalization and
globalization
 About 75% people are living in rural areas and are still dependent
on Agriculture. About 43% of India’s geographical area is used
for agricultural activity
 Agriculture continues to play a major role in Indian Economy
 Provides about 65% of the livelihood
 Accounts for 27% of GDP
 Contributes 21% of Total Exports, and Supplies Raw materials to Industries
 Growth Rate in production - 5.7%
 Food grains production – 211.17 mt
Indian Agriculture

3. India’s position in world Agriculture
Rank
 Total Area Seventh
 Irrigated Area First
 Population Second
 Economically Active population Second
 Total Cereals Third
 Wheat Second
 Rice Second
 Coarse grains Fourth
 Total Pulses First
 Oil Seeds Second
 Fruits and Vegetables Second
 Implements (Tractors) Third
 Milk First
 Live Stock (castles, Buffaloes) First

4. Agricultural Resources
 Total Geographical Area (TGA) - 329 M.H
 Potential for Biological Production - 265 M.H
 Net Sown Area (NSA) - 143 M.H
 Net Irrigated Area - 56 M.H
 Area threatened by land degradation - 50% of TGA
 Drought-prone Area - 190 M.H

5. Mile Stones in Agricultural
Development
 Green Revolution (1968)
 Ever-Green Revolution (1996)
 Blue Revolution (water, fish)
 White Revolution (Milk)
 Yellow Revolution (flower, edible)
 Bio-Technology Revolution
 ICT Revolution

6. Development of Indian Agriculture :
Basic Issues
 Revitalization of Cooperative Institutions
 Improving Rural Credits
 Research, Education & Extension
 Human Resources Development
 Trade & Export Promotion
 Land Reforms
 Enabling Environment for higher
Agricultural Growth

7. The thrust areas:
 Diversification of Agriculture
 Inter-cropping
 Micro Management
 Water Management
 Organic Farming
 Agri-Clinics and Agri-business Centres
 Bio-Technology

8. Efforts on Policies, strategies and
Frameworks
 National Agriculture Policy (2000)
 National Seeds policy (2002)
 Cooperative Policy
 Agricultural Price policy
 Agricultural Extension Framework (2001)
 WTO/GATT agreement (1994)

9.  We have 26 per cent population below poverty who have poor
economic access to food grains. Their low purchasing power
may not permit them to purchase 182.5 kg per capita per
annum. If they can purchase only 70 per cent of their
requirements, this would imply availability of additional 15 mt
in the market
- Food Corporation has stocks of over 60 m t
against the norm of about 24 m t
- Average pulse production during IXth Plan is 13 mt,
the requirement of pulses is about 15 mt
- Rate of growth of consumption of Rice and
Wheat is expected to decline.
Therefore, the answer to first question is in affirmative. Then
we need to diversify our agriculture

10. Reports
 Agriculture Credit, Cooperation and Crop
 Horticulture Development including Spices Aromatic and
Medicinal Plants and Plantation Crops
Agriculture Infrastructure/Warehousing/Rural
Godowns/Marketing/Post Harvest Management, Processing
and Cold Storage, Trade and Export Promotion.
 Crop Husbandry, Demand and Supply Projections and
Agricultural Inputs Agriculture Research and Education
 Animal Husbandry & Dairying
 Agriculture Statistics
 Watershed Development, Rainfed Farming and Natural
Resources Management
 |Agriculture Development in Eastern and North-Eastern India
 Agriculture and Allied Sectors
 Organic and Biodynamic Farming
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