This Presentation deals with the topic : Transforming Agrarian Economy . It includes various innovative ideas and solutions from the Science and Technological point of view .

1. Transforming Agrarian Economy:
“Innovative solutions through science
and Technology.”
Presented by: Akshita Awasthi
M.Sc. 1st Year
HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
PALAMPUR (HP), 176 062, INDIA
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4. ROLE OF AGRICULTURE
 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.
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5. AGRICULTURE IN INDIA
• Total Geographical Area - 328 million hectares
• Net Area sown - 142 million hectares
• Gross Cropped Area – 190.8 million hectares
• Net Irrigated Area – 56.9 million hectare
Provides food to more than 1.3 billion people
Produces 51 major crops
Contributes to 1/6th of the Export Earnings
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6. India in world agriculture
• Largest Producer of Milk, Cashew nuts, Coconut, Tea, Ginger,
Turmeric & Black Pepper
• Largest Cattle population-281 million
• Second largest producer of Wheat, Rice, Sugar and
Groundnut and Pulses
• Third largest producer of Tobacco
• Third largest in implementation of Mechanization.
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7. Indian Agriculture Scenario
STRENGTHS
 Rich Bio-diversity
 Arable land
 Climate
 Strong and well dispersed research and extension
system.
OPPORTUNITIES
 Bridgeable yield crops
 Exports
 Agro-based Industry
 Horticulture
 Untapped potential in the N.E.
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8. WEAKNESS
 Fragmentation of land
 Low Technology Inputs
Unsustainable Water Management
Poor Infrastructure
Low value addition
THREATS
 Unsustainable Resource Use
Unsustainable Regional Development
 Imports
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9. CURRENT CONCERNS IN
AGRICULTURE
• Pressure of the Population on Land
• Skewed distribution of operational holdings
• Land Degradation
• Water Balance
• Low level of mechanization
• Unbalanced Fertilizer Consumption
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10. GOALS TO BE ACHIEVED
1. Improve food and nutritional security
2. Enhance production efficiency
3. Promote sustainable agriculture
4. Reduce environmental impact
5. Empower the rural sector through income
generation & reduce economic inequality
6. Reduce crop damage & food loss
7. Cold chain stores or refrigerated railcars for transportation
of perishable products
8. Farm Mechanization on a large scale
9. Proper management to avoid post harvest losses
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11. Every citizen of this planet has
the right to have enough
nutritious food at an affordable
price and to achieve this goal,
technologies must be developed
and upgraded and made
available to every practicing
farmer.
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12. Technological Interventions
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13. Technological interventions
• Soil Health Cards
• Agro meteorological services for farmers
• Polyhouse technology
• One National Farm Market
• Organic Farming
• Nutritious varieties of crops
• Improving the Farm Productivity
• Cold chain storage
• Genome Sequencing
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15. Soil health
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16. Improving farm productivity
• Developing farm-specific, data-driven diagnostics to
determine soil health and help to improve soil health
like soil amendments.
• Drones, sensors technology, and data analytics to
provide decision support to farmers and other players
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POLYHOUSE TECHNOLOGY

18. Vision 2023 for Agriculture
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20. E -platforms for farmers
• Majority of farm income is in cash, presenting an opportunity for digitizing payments to farmers
through payment gateways linked to their accounts.
• Given increasing penetration of smartphones among farmers, this could come in the form of
apps and platforms that connect farmers digitally with rest of the trade.
• Apps in vernacular languages, high on simplicity and safety, is the way to scale.
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22. Value chain-Food processing
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23. Market linkage models for farmers
• Indian agriculture is supply driven and less market-driven compared
to other markets.
• Food inflation as well as significant food waste and value loss along
the supply chain is noticed
• Opportunity for developing market linkage models for farmers with
the timely and accurate estimation of sowing and harvesting in the
context of patterns in consumer demand
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24. Supply chain models for dairy and horticulture
• Dairy and horticulture
industries are growing
faster than the grain
industry in India.
• Optimize these supply
chains for both milk and
horticulture.
• Solutions that can
preserve the quality,
reduce waste, improve
traceability, and
improve shelf-life
efficient aggregation,
transportation and
storage.
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