AGRICULTURAL INFORMATICS

Presented by: ch sumanth vyshnavi Wasim

Indian 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 Indias geographical area is used for agricultural activity

Agriculture continues to play a major role in Indian Economy

Indian Agriculture
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

Indias position in world Agriculture

Rank

Total Area Irrigated Area Population Economically Active population Total Cereals Wheat Rice Coarse grains Total Pulses Oil Seeds Fruits and Vegetables Implements (Tractors) Milk Live Stock (castles, Buffaloes)

Seventh First Second Second Third Second Second Fourth First Second Second Third First First

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
GA

Area threatened by land degradation - 50% of T

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

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

The thrust areas:

Inter-cropping Micro Management Water Management Organic Farming Bio-Technology

Efforts on Policies, strategies

National Agriculture Policy (2000) National Seeds policy (2002) Cooperative Policy Agricultural Price policy Agricultural Extension Framework (2001) WTO/GATT agreement (1994)
In addition to, various working groups, taskforces, midterm appraisals and plan schemes (~68)

(for further details www.agricoop.nic.in)

Forms of agricultures :
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, Agriculture Research and Education Animal Husbandry & Dairying Watershed Development Rainfed Farming and Natural Resources Management |Agriculture Development in Eastern and North-Eastern India Organic and Biodynamic Farming

Agriculture based industries in india

Rice processing industries Wheat processing industries Processing of Coarse Cereals Processing of Pulses Oilseeds Processing Processing of Fruits and Vegetables Sugarcane Processing Industry Cotton Processing Technology Processing of Jute

Agriculture in the 11 five year plan

2007-08 growth 5.8% 2008-09

growth: -0.1 food productin: 234.47 million

Characteristics of agriculture
India has the largest irrigated area of the

cultivated land. Still the facilities of irrigation are available only on 30 percent area of our cultivated land 60 to 65 percent of the cropped area being rainfed. Indian farmers grow a wide variety of crops both food crops and commercial or cash crops. Yet a very large portion of our crops consist of food grains.

 Agriculture in India depends on the monsoon

rains, which are uncertain, irregular and inequitably distributed. Artificial irrigation is very essential for growing various crops. There are mainly two crop-seasons in India Rabi (November to April) and Kharif (June to October). An extra-crop known as "Zayad" is also grown after the kharif crop in the months of April May and June.

 The average productivity of crops is very low

in comparison to several other agriculturally well developed countries of the world. Indian agriculture is predominantly of the subsistence type. About 72.3 percent of the total cultivated area is devoted to food crops and yet the country is just self-sufficient in its food requirements.

 Low productivity and lack of necessary

inputs perpetuate the backwardness of agriculture which falls to accommodate the mounting pressure of population on its weak infrastructure. Due to lack of farm inputs and in the absence of progressive farm practices, cultivators do not operate their farms intensively and this result in employments on the farms.

Share of agriculture in GDP and employment in Indian states

share of agri GDP %

share agri workforce

2003/05 Bihar 30.7 UP 30.4 West bangal 21.6 Karnataka 17.3 Kerala 12.7 Gujrat 16.2 Haryana 27.8

2001 77.6 69.2 47.7 58.1 23.7 52.7 52.6

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