stagnancy in agriculture productivity in india

8/8/2019 stagnancy in agriculture productivity in india

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Contents

Introduction

Agricultural productivity

Reasons for low productivity Government schemes

Other measures

Credits


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Introduction

Shifting from agriculture to service

Agriculture contributes 14.7% to GDPin 2009-2010

Labour force involved in agriculture is52%.

Agriculture sector recorded thelowest growth in five yrs., at 0.2%in 2009-10 due to widespreaddrought.

In previous fiscal it had grown by


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The productivity of food grains has

remained stagnant in the lastdecade growing at a CAGR of justabout one per cent in the last

decade (FY 2001 to FY 2010)compared to a growth of 2.4 percent in the previous decade (FY1991-2000).


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Reasons for low productivity

S. No. Category Size ofHoldings (h.a.)

No. ofholdings(million)

% Total areaoperated(million h.a.)

% Averageareaoperated perholding (h.a.)

1 Marginal 0-1.0 75.41 62.3 29.81 18.7 0.40

2 Small 1.0-2.0 22.70 19.0 32.14 20.2 1.42

3 Semi-medium

2.0-4.0 14.02 11.8 38.19 24.0 2.72

4 Medium 4.0-10.0 6.58 5.5 38.22 24.0 5.81

5 Large 10 and above 1.23 1.0 21.07 13.2 17.12

Total 119.23 100.0 159.44 100.0 1.33

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Dependence on monsoon

qInadequate irrigation facilitiesqDecrease in water table

qPoor water management

Decrease in soil fertilityqExcessive use of pesticides

qDiversion of agricultural land to industrialsector


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Technological factorsqOutdated techniques

qNo training providedqDistribution of technology is poor

Inadequate non-farm servicesqMarketing system is defective and costly.

qModern warehousing is inadequate and

indigenous.qModern credit facilities are still poorly

developed for the farmers.


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Discouraging rural climateqThe farmers of India generally are poor,

ignorant, superstitious, conservative, andilliterate and bound by outmoded customs .

q Superstition and belief in fact are the curses,

which keep the farmers fully satisfied withtheir primitive system of cultivation.


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Government schemes

Macro management (2000-2001) National food security mission (2007-

2008)

Integrated scheme of oil seeds, pulses,oil palm and maize National rainfed area authority Drought management (2009-10)

National horticulture management (2005-06) Micro irrigation (Jan 2006) National bamboo mission (2006-07)


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