Agricultural production in India can be increased through horizontal expansion of cultivated land area or vertical expansion of productivity. Productivity has two aspects: land productivity and labor productivity. India faces many problems for low agricultural production and productivity. Factors responsible include demographic pressures like population growth, as well as general factors like excess labor, rural climate, and inadequate non-farm services. Institutional factors include small land holdings and land tenure systems. Technological factors are poor inputs, techniques, irrigation, farmer indebtedness, and inadequate research. Measures to improve productivity include expanding irrigation, crop diversification, exploiting production potential, rural infrastructure development, technology applications, capital formation, crop insurance, and better quality seeds.