Sujithra S
Agriculture is an art of raising plant life from the soil for the use of mankind. The basic aim of agriculture is to raise stronger and more fruitful crops and plants and to help them grow by improving the soil and supplying water . Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy.
The word “Agriculture” is derived from the Latin word “Ager”means land or field and culture means cultivation. Agriculture is one of the oldest and primary activities of human Civilization. Agricultural activities in the world are closely controlled by physical factors.
Indian agriculture is not an exception for this. Today India is facing two main Problems concerned with agriculture. The first is meeting the increasing demand of food and other is supplying agro products for an ever increasing Population and the second is uneven development of agriculture and changing patterns of agricultural land use. India tried to be self-sufficient in agriculture through the five year plans.
After Independence, it took systematic effort due to its unique importance . Agriculture gets more and more attention in every five year plan and priority is given for the development of agriculture in the country. At the Beginning of 1970 and later on the revolution brought about remarkable change in the field of Agriculture. The process of agriculture development is not properly channelized . Because of uneven rainfall, unavailability of basic Infrastructure facilities and unbalanced allocation of resources. The green revolution succeeded only in the areas of irrigation. The small farmers could not get the benefit of it. This creates a large gap between small and big farmers and an imbalance is created.
Agriculture land use is an important indicator of an appropriate use or misuse of land the study shall be entitled changing the pattern of agriculture land use in sindhudurg district, the region has not been studied in-depth by any Researcher from the agricultural point of view . Secondly, this region remains untouched by land use planning and development.
Population plays a key role in the development of the agriculture of the region, the total population of the district as per 2010 was 866825 of which 90.33% in rural and 9.47% in urban population out of this total population 48.10% are male and 51.90% are female. The highest decadal population growth of total and rural population is recorded . During the decade of 2000-2011 in Sindhudurg district. The density of population in any region indicates the pressure on land
Current Situation of agriculture.
Still today this sector is not well developed and faces lots of problems resulting in low productivity of crops . As 43% of land in India is used for farming but contributes only 18% of the nation’s GDP. The poor condition of Agriculture in the country is the point of concern for indians.
Kinds of problems do farmers face?
- Cope with climate change, soil erosion and biodiversity loss.
- Satisfy consumers changing tastes and expectations
- Meet rising demand for more food of higher quality
- Invest in farm productivity
- Irrigation
- Lack of mechanisation
- Soil erosion
- Agriculture marketing.
Dramatic changes needed in the global food system.
Groundwater contaminated with arsenic is extensively used for irrigation and finds its. The United nation calls for repurposing and reforming price-distorting and Environmentally. India’s policies block farmers’ earning in order to keep food cost low for only 23.7% and 24.7% paddy produced was sold Under MSP in kharif. Agitating farmers september 12 stole 60 bags of area from a truck in Nawada District. Farmers in Bankura and Purulia rely on groundwater. Heavily contaminated with….Buffer stock of wheat and rice in the food corporation of India godowns is double the normal.
Conclusions
Agriculture technology Investments including both “advanced and traditional technologies/management practices are a game changer in terms of yield improvements and national and global food security we now can model disaggregated/locale-specific technology impact. While biophysical potential often exists to significantly increase yields. Institutions. Governance systems. Political will. And poor rural Infrastructure remain obstacles to achieving the full technological potential.
Agriculture is the process of producing food,feed,fiber and many other desired products by the cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated livestock. Agriculture provides not only food but also raw materials for manufacturing industries like textiles,sugar,vegetable,oil jute and tobacco. Agriculture is not only an important occupation of the people but also a way of life,culture and custom.
