Prepared by: Mrs. Savita Kukreti Pawar Public school Kandivali.

Prepared by:Mrs. Savita Kukreti

Pawar Public schoolKandivali

AgricultureAgriculture Cultivation of the Cultivation of the

soil in order to soil in order to grow crops and grow crops and rear livestockrear livestock

Agriculture in IndiaAgriculture in India

Food for the expanding populationFood for the expanding population Raw materialRaw material Market for industrial goodsMarket for industrial goods ExportExport EmploymentEmployment

Types of FarmingTypes of Farming Shifting Shifting SubsistenceSubsistence IntensiveIntensive ExtensiveExtensive PlantationPlantation MixedMixed CommercialCommercial DryDry

Problems of Indian AgricultureProblems of Indian Agriculture

Environmental Institutional

Economic Technological

Unreliable rainUnreliable rain Lack of IrrigationLack of Irrigation Soil ErosionSoil Erosion Primitive methodsPrimitive methods Faulty cultivationFaulty cultivation Reduction in net sown areaReduction in net sown area

Environmental

Small and Fragmented LandholdingsSmall and Fragmented Landholdings Exploitation of FarmersExploitation of Farmers

Institutional

Subsistence AgricultureSubsistence Agriculture Human ElementsHuman Elements GlobalisationGlobalisation

EconomicEconomic

Old techniquesOld techniques Inefficient techniquesInefficient techniques

TechnologicalTechnological

Green RevolutionGreen Revolution National Agricultural PolicyNational Agricultural Policy

SolutionsSolutions