The State of Agriculture and Agricultural Reforms Post-Independenece
The land unde...
Question
The land under cultivation has got reduced day by day. Can you imagine its consequences?
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Solution
Rural population of India is about 600 million and they depend on around 250 million hectares of agricultural land, and the average per person is less than half a hectare.
As the population keeps rising, if farmers continue growing foodgrains on the holdings that grow smaller and smaller, there will be a bleak future for Indian farmers as per analysis of few economists.
Cropping patterns should be diversified by Indian farmers, from cereals to high-value crops.
Changing the cropping pattern will not only reduce environmental degradation, but also increase incomes.