Agriculture in India faces many crises that threaten its viability. Approximately 56.6% of Indians are employed in agriculture but it only contributes 18% to India's GDP. The increased costs of cultivation along with inadequate irrigation, drought, and crop failures have led to farmer debt and lack of viability. Illiteracy in 30% of small farmers and environmental degradation limiting resources further exacerbate the issues. Farmer suicides account for 11.2% of all suicides in India due to debt, crop failures, and stress. To solve the agricultural crisis, India must boost farmer incomes, generate rural employment, reduce agricultural risks, improve infrastructure and quality of life.

1. A g r i c u l t u r e
c r i s i s i n I n d i a
Issues and priorities for Agriculture in India
Agriculture in India

2. I N T R O D U C T I O N
▪ Agricultural crisis
▪ How to stop agricultural
▪ Factor's responsible for the crisis
▪ Environmental degradation effect on agriculture
▪ Illiteracy in agriculture
▪ Farmer crisis in agriculture
▪ Farmer suicides in India
▪ conclusion

3. A G R I C U L T U R E
I N C R I S I S : -
Agriculture:-
Agriculture in India holds an very important part in
the flow of economy as it holds "56.6%" of the
employment
❖ Agriculture is key for economic transformation,
food security , and nutrition. ….Agriculture plays a
critical role in transforming economies to reach the
goal.
Agricultural crisis:-
The increased cost of cultivation, inadequate
Irrigation, drought, flood and crop failure all contribute
to the lack of viabilityin the farming profession and
debt of farmers
❖ Agricultural sector in India contributes only "18%"
of India's 'GDP' out of the 56.6%

4. H O W T O S T O P A G R I C U L T U R A L C R I S I S : -
Increasing incomes.
Agricultural
transformation is
very slow in India …
1
Generating
employment
opportunities …
2
Reducing risks in
agriculture...
3
Developing Agri-
infrastructure...
4
Improving quality of
rural life...
5

5. F A C T O R S R E S P O N S I B L E F O R T H E C R I S I S

6. E N V I R O N M E N T A L D E G R A D A T I O N E F F E C T O N
A G R I C U L T U R E : -
The degraded environment worsens conditions of the poor by limiting their already
restricted access to production resources .this applies particularly in the rural water
resources,soil and forestry, which comprise the resources base for agriculture.
Factors affecting agricultural production:-
o Precipitation.…
o Temperature.…
o Solar radiation.…
o Windvelocity....
o Soil moisture.

7. I L L I T E R A C Y I N
A G R I C U L T U R E : -
What certainly is not good for Indian farming is
that 30% of marginal and small farmers are still
illiterate. that compromises their capacity to
manage farm inputs in appropriate combinations
for specific crop.

8. F A R M E R C R I S I S I N
A G R I C U L T U R E : -
Around 41.49%oftotallabor are
associatedwithagriculture in year
2020.farmer"suicides"account for
11.2% of all suicidesin India....
Farmer'sincome rose by 30% while
their debt surged around 58%
between2013and 2019

9. F A R M E R ' S S U I C I D E S
I N I N D I A : -
Reasonsforsuicidesof farmers:-
The reasons were debt, alcohol
addiction, environment, low produce
prices, stress and family responsibilities,
apathy, poor irrigation, increased cost of
cultivation, private money lenders, use
of chemical fertilizers and crop failure.

10. C O N C L U S I O N : -
L E T U S C H A N G E T H E
A G R I C U L T U R E
S E C T O R O F
I N D I A , S O T H A T I T
C A N R E G A I N I T ' S
G L O R Y A N D L E D T O
P R O S P E R I T Y

11. THANK YOU
Presentedby:-
Bharath