2. Introduction to Indian agriculture history, current status
Indian agriculture status in world
Constraints –
Agro-processing
Research
Institutional
Quality standards
Solutions
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3. India is diversified country with respect to climate, land
capability, geographically.
At the time of Independence 63% of people were engaged in
agriculture as well maximum contribution to GDP of country
was from this sector.
Total geographical area- 328 million hectares
Net sown area- 142 million hectares
Gross cropped area- 190.8 million hectares
India produces 51 major crops as well it is one of the 12 Bio-
diversity centers in the World with over 46000 species of plant
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4. Achievements-
a) Green revolution- Dr.M.S.Swaminathan
b) white revolution-Dr. V. kurien
Indian rank in world-
India ranks 12th in exports of food
Gross value addition in 2014-15 grew by 5.78% as
compared to 2010-11
Rank Crops
first Areca-nut, banana, chilly ,mango, ginger,
papaya,
Lemon, pigeon-pea, goat, buffalo-milk, ghee
Second Cabbage, broccoli, potato, sugar cane, tea,
tomato
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5. APEDA export- 1994-95 = 2047crores
2003-04 = 10391crores
Indian crop production comparison-
Still India is lagging behind in productivity and processing..
Year Rice Wheat Other
cereals
pulses
2011 181.5 163.5 65.43 43
2012 190.2 158.4 60.0 41.7
2013 232.4 183.3 53.52 41.9
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7. SWOT Analysis-
strength-
a) Raw material availability
b) World class production
c) Government support
d) Market of SADC and Africa
Weakness-
a) Limited value addition
b) Lack of farmer
c) Lack of technical and
management skills
d) Lack of research and
development
e) Transportation problems
f) Exploitation of farmer
Opportunity-
a) Growing demand of value
added products
b) Labor intensive production
process
Threats-
a) Quality standards
b) Unstable supply
c) High transportation cost
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8. Challenges-
a) production and productivity:- limited land, rainfall
dependence, land exploitation.
b)Warehouse and storage c) Quality certifications
d) Rural strong network
Government initiation:-
a) Institutional development b) Agro food technological Parks
c) Cold chains d) Agro-Export zones
e) Friendly policies f) Training programs
g) Soil Testing Lab.
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10. India has done lot of research on crops and locality
new varieties have been released.
Need is to research on-
water conservative technique, resource management
Bio-fertilizer and bio-pesticide research
Disease, drought tolerant and resistant variety research
Value addition research
Animal and dairy science research
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12. ICAR is working at top for agriculture in India, under which
now there are more than 550 private and government colleges
and research stations
Institutional needs-
more practical oriented education
Industrial training, farm training, farmer training center
Research motivation, awareness campaign
less cost technology for farmers
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13. Multiple approach is required so that every
aspect can be considered for better growth-
1)Farmers development- education, training,
subsidies, crop—insurance
2)Institutional development and mechanization
3) Quality standard- AGMARK
4)Organic farming
5) Contract farming- public-private partnership
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