India is considered as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Agriculture is the mother of any economy, whether it is rich or poor. Much of its influence is on the other sectors of economy - industry and service. India is the second largest in farm output. Hence, India’s economic security continues to be predicated upon the agriculture sector, and the situation is not likely to change in the near future. Even today, the share of agriculture in employment is about 49% of the population, as against around 75% at the time of independence. In the same period, the contribution of agriculture and allied sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has fallen from 61% to 17% in 2015-16. Around 51% of India’s geographical area is already under cultivation as compared to 11% of the world average. China with lesser cultivable land produces double the food grains, i.e. 607 million tons in 2015 -16 as compared with India’s 252 million tons in 2015-16. The present cropping intensity of 136% has registered an increase of only 25% since independence. Further, rain fed dry lands constitute 65% of the total net sown area. There is also an unprecedented degradation of land (107 million ha) and groundwater resource, and also fall in the rate of growth of total factor productivity. This deceleration needs to be arrested and agricultural productivity has to be doubled to meet growing demands of the population by 2050. Natural resource base of agriculture, which provides for sustainable production, is shrinking and degrading, and is adversely affecting production capacity of the ecosystem. However, demand for agriculture is rising rapidly with increase in population and per capita income and growing demand from industry sector. There is, thus, an urgent need to identify severity of problem confronting agriculture sector to restore its vitality and put it back on higher growth trajectory. The problems, however, are surmountable, particularly when new tools of science and technology have started offering tremendous opportunities for application in agriculture. However, the country recorded impressive achievements in agriculture during three decades since the onset of green revolution in late sixties. This enabled the country to overcome widespread hunger and starvation; achieve self-sufficiency in food; reduce poverty and bring economic transformation in millions of rural families. The situation, however, started turning adverse for the sector around mid-nineties, with slowdown in growth rate of output, which then resulted in stagnation or even decline in farmers’ income leading to agrarian distress, which is spreading and turning more and more serious. This Paper attempts to focus attention on Issues, Challenges and Government policies of Indian Agriculture in the context of Globalization.
India is considered as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Agriculture is the mother of any economy, whether it is rich or poor. Much of its influence is on the other sectors of economy - industry and service. India is the second largest in farm output. Hence, India’s economic security continues to be predicated upon the agriculture sector, and the situation is not likely to change in the near future. Even today, the share of agriculture in employment is about 49% of the population, as against around 75% at the time of independence. In the same period, the contribution of agriculture and allied sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has fallen from 61% to 17% in 2015-16. Around 51% of India’s geographical area is already under cultivation as compared to 11% of the world average. China with lesser cultivable land produces double the food grains, i.e. 607 million tons in 2015 -16 as compared with India’s 252 million tons in 2015-16. The present cropping intensity of 136% has registered an increase of only 25% since independence. Further, rain fed dry lands constitute 65% of the total net sown area. There is also an unprecedented degradation of land (107 million ha) and groundwater resource, and also fall in the rate of growth of total factor productivity. This deceleration needs to be arrested and agricultural productivity has to be doubled to meet growing demands of the population by 2050. Natural resource base of agriculture, which provides for sustainable production, is shrinking and degrading, and is adversely affecting production capacity of the ecosystem. However, demand for agriculture is rising rapidly with increase in population and per capita income and growing demand from industry sector. There is, thus, an urgent need to identify severity of problem confronting agriculture sector to restore its vitality and put it back on higher growth trajectory. The problems, however, are surmountable, particularly when new tools of science and technology have started offering tremendous opportunities for application in agriculture. However, the country recorded impressive achievements in agriculture during three decades since the onset of green revolution in late sixties. This enabled the country to overcome widespread hunger and starvation; achieve self-sufficiency in food; reduce poverty and bring economic transformation in millions of rural families. The situation, however, started turning adverse for the sector around mid-nineties, with slowdown in growth rate of output, which then resulted in stagnation or even decline in farmers’ income leading to agrarian distress, which is spreading and turning more and more serious. This Paper attempts to focus attention on Issues, Challenges and Government policies of Indian Agriculture in the context of Globalization.
Agriculture in India has a significant history. Today, India ranks second worldwide in farm output. The economic contribution of agriculture to India's GDP is steadily declining with the country's broad-based economic growth. Still, agriculture is demographically the broadest economic sector and plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic fabric of India.
Just a start-up kit . I have just entered into analysis . Actually the presentation is short of points that validates the current scenario but you can go for a study of declining agricultural population around 2000-2005.
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Just a start-up kit . I have just entered into analysis . Actually the presentation is short of points that validates the current scenario but you can go for a study of declining agricultural population around 2000-2005.
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The two day conference aims to discuss the agricultural priority of the government and develop a road map to realise these priorities for improved agri food systems.
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Recent trends in agricultural research capacity, investment and outputs in India was organized jointly by IFPRI and NAARM on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at the NASC Complex, PUSA, New Delhi. During this event, NAARM and IFPRI’s Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program presented the key findings of a recent comprehensive survey, targeting more than 200 Indian agricultural research agencies.
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After independence, the focus of the Government of India was to frame the major policies based on equity along with growth in the agriculture sector. Being an agrarian country, many efforts been made towards economic and social stabilization over the past decades, but not much progress has been achieved in the growth of the agro industrial sector. Farmers lack access to adequate agricultural technology inputs, funding and commercial farming skills have put the quality under the threat. The productivity may be increasing, but better quality not been achieved. With the increase in agricultural production, there is a need to have the proportionate growth in the agro-processing industry. In the recent past most of the farmers are becoming real estate owners by giving their fertile land to edifice industry, because they are unable to meet the expenditure spent on cultivation, high rates of interests taken from landlords, commission agents, banks and financial institutions, few among them committed suicide, the rate of suicide cases was out of control. Government from time to time taking steps to eradicate the effects in agriculture but they confined only to paper. In Dharmapuri, Karimnagar District of Andhra Pradesh farmers came forward to start their own associations to meet their problems without government intervention. This paper focuses on the farmers those who became entrepreneurs to Agri-preneurs, studies about the profile of agricultural entrepreneurs i.e. agri-preneurs and their socio cultural background in Dharmapuri in Andhra Pradesh.
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Competitiveness of Indian Agriculture: A review
1. ARTICLE REVIEW
COMPETITIVENESS OF INDIAN
AGRICULTURE: THE CHALLENGES AHEAD
THE INDIA ECONOMY REVIEW, 2009
Authors:
G Bhalachandran
Associate professor, Department of Economics
Sri Sathya Sai University
Suresh Chandra Babu
Programme leader and Sr. Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research institute
Washington, USA
Ram P Aneja
Former Managing Director, National Dairy Development Board,
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Sri Sathya Sai University, Andhra Pradesh
By:
Sufia Qureshi
EXE- MBA
2. ISSUES OF INDIAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
Rural households’ share in total households in
India is 74%
Agriculture households form 59% of rural
households.
Agricultures’ direct contribution to India’s GDP
stood below 17% in 2006-07. It was 2.9% over the
period 2000-01 to 2007-08 as a whole; but it stood
at 5.9, 3.8, and 4.5% respectively over the three
years ending 2007-08. (volatility)
(NSSO)
40% of the farming community In India wants to
quit agriculture, given the other opportunities.
( The Hindu Business Line. Mar 21,2008)
3.
Six in every ten households in rural India
belong to farmers. Such a farmer even if he/she
were to be in irrigated area, does not get
employed for all the 365 days.
(NSSO)
Though the marginal and small landholdings
( up to four hectares) account for 90% of total
holdings in India, the area operated by them is
just 51%.
(Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural statistics at a glance,2003)
The large population which depends on
agriculture for their livelihood cannot survive
the financial crisis.
Poverty, Hunger, and Malnutrition.
4. CAUSES FOR THE PLIGHT OF INDIAN
AGRICULTURE
Farmers
are at the mercy of nature. Indian
agriculture is still a gamble on the monsoon.
Climate variability and change.
The declining rate of agricultural productivity.
Periodical policies of the govt.
Farmers are not assigned a prime place; no
position as competitors in the market.
Instability, lack of sustainable farm practices.
No freedom to sell the products in the market.
Changes in the agricultural policy of
industrialized nations.
Recent economic melt-down.
5. INITIATIVES TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT
Agriculture as a key issue in the five
year plans.
White revolution in 1970s
Green revolution
Periodical subsidies and loan waivers.
The National policy for farmers-2007
Top priority in the Eleventh plan, for the
revival of the agricultural sector.
Rashtriya Krish Vikas Yojna (RKVY), a
Rs. 25000 crore scheme, to encourage
state governments to support
agriculture.
6.
National Food Security Mission- an
enhanced outlay of Rs.4882.5 crore
was committed during the period
2008-09 to 2011-12 for expanding
irrigation, research and food
security.
7. WHAT CAN BE DONE?
There should be emphasis on converting
rural population into future customers
and employees.
A strict measure to locate the
beneficiaries of the schemes like NREGS
( National rural employment guarantee
scheme)
There should be treatment at par with
cities rather than subsidies, employment
guarantee or amnesty from govt.
A paradigm shift from a commodity
centered to human centered approach in
agriculture sector.
8.
Opportunities for the farming community
to deal with the ultimate customers
directly.
Farming operations are to be dovetailed
in such a way that each farmer is fully
employed throughout the year.
Multiple crops and Crop rotation to be
promoted.
Technology to make a powerful agrosector, e.g. drip irrigation as in case of
Israel.
The mindset of the farmers need to be
changed regarding the small land
holdings that they can do better than the
large farmer using technology.
9. Farmers should be directed and
guided on conservation, saving and
effective use of water thereby
promoting scientific water-shed
development and water management.
Farmer field school in the nodal centers
of villages to train, direct and offer
solution for many of the agriculture
related problems in day to day
operations.
Market driven enterprises have to be
created in every village.
Sericulture, Horticulture, Poultry, Cattlebreeding, Agro-processing etc.
10.
Organized system of marketing in the
sector.
An efficient system of agricultural
marketing.
Streamlined agricultural production
base.
A National level security movement
could be a potential step.
Agro-retail trading by the corporate
giants should be used for the
improvement of the sector rather than
aiming for super normal profits.
Ad-hoc agricultural policies that meet
the political convenience of the day
need to be avoided.