2. INTRODUCTION
• Agriculture is the largest provider of livelihood
in rural India
• It contributes 25 percent to India’s GDP
• It is still dependent primarily on the monsoons
• Future wars will be fought on food and water,
money cant buy all!
• The growth in agricultural production has been
stagnant for the past several years.
4. <Rs. 50 per
day
Rs. 100 per
day
Rs.200 per
day
>Rs. 500 per
day
20% of world’s population
(2/3rds experience hunger
& malnutrition)
27% of world’s population
(Most hunger problems
solved at Rs. 100 threshold)
Services
Processed
Products
Livestock
products
Commodities
Dynamics of food demand, India
9. 2. ORGANIC FERTILIZER
• Organic Cultivation is a type of farming that does
not involve usage of chemicals like chemical
fertilizers and pesticides.
• Major shift has been observed in the farming
culture, due to which several farmers have begun
practicing this traditional method of cultivation
• organic cultivation is proven as the
• to produce safe foodstuffs and preserve the
environment.
10. BENEFITS OF ORGANIC FARMING
• Premium quality and premium prices
• Low investment as inputs not costly
• Less dependence on money lenders
• Synergy with other life forms like plants and
animals
• The demand for organic food is very high
throughout the world
• India has huge potential for organic farming
14. 5. SOCIAL BELIEF : REVOLUTION
Thinking of farmers is – less cultivation on
small lands and more on larger one.
This belief should be edited by awareness , or
through programs being conducted by
Governments, NGO’s thus creating the
environment.
16. Pine Trees
• In hilly areas, in north, pine trees
can be used as fertilizers i.e. organic manure.
• It contains citric acid, which will provide
vitamins to plants or vegetables, and then
indirectly to us.
• In Uttarakhand, pine trees are most commonly
used organic manure since many years.
• Pine trees are easy available manure without
any harm.
17. Dealing with Youth
• Bring awareness about the
importance of agriculture
amongst the urban youth
• Make them supporters of
Agriculture in their future roles
as leaders
• Encourage some to engage in
careers related to Agricutlure
18. Agriculture will shape our future!
IN FACT it is the real hope
for a Healthier, happier future!
19. • Change is happening in rural India but it has still a long
way to go
• Agriculture has benefited from improved farming
techniques but the growth is not equitable
• Land use is changing in rural areas as farmers are getting
good value for their holdings.The effort should be to stop
the migration to urban areas
• The Government, the planners have to step up efforts to
make a positive and equitable difference in the lives of
the farmers’ and make agriculture occupy a pride of place
in the nation’s economy.
CONCLUSION -
