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Agricultural Opportunities In India :Farming ,livestock & technology

What new hopes on agriculture front? Three priorities in agriculture. Farming Livestock Technology

Indian Agriculture
Agriculture Sector is changing the socioeconomic environments of the population due to liberalization and globalization About 75% people are living in rural areas and are still dependent on Agriculture. About 43% of Indias geographical area is used for agricultural activity

Agriculture continues to play a major role in Indian Economy

Indian Agriculture
Provides about 65% of the livelihood Accounts for 27% of GDP Contributes 21% of Total Exports, and Supplies Raw materials to Industries Growth Rate in production - 5.7% Food grains production 211.17 mt

Indias position in world Agriculture


Rank

Total Area Irrigated Area Population Economically Active population Total Cereals Wheat Rice Coarse grains Total Pulses Oil Seeds Fruits and Vegetables Implements (Tractors) Milk Live Stock (castles, Buffaloes)

Seventh First Second Second Third Second Second Fourth First Second Second Third First First

Agricultural Resources
Total Geographical Area (TGA) 329 M.H Potential for Biological Production - 265 M.H Net Sown Area (NSA) 143 M.H Net Irrigated Area 56 M.H Area threatened by land degradation - 50% of TGA Drought-prone Area - 190 M.H

Mile Stones in Agricultural Development


Green Revolution (1968) Ever-Green Revolution (1996) Blue Revolution (water, fish) White Revolution (Milk) Yellow Revolution (flower, edible) Bio-Technology Revolution ICT Revolution

LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN INDIA

Recent Trends and opportunity

INTRODUCTION
Livestock sector includes animal husbandry, dairy and
fisheries sector are considerable major sectors. It plays an important role in national economy and social economic development of the country. It also plays important role in the rural economy as supplementing family incomes and generating gainful employment in the rural sector. Indian livestock industry makes up for a significant amount of worlds livestock resources.

POPULATION OF LIVESTOCK
Livestock
2000
Cow & Buffalo Sheep Goat Pigs Poultry 470 60 25 17 940

Year / Population in Million


2005
518 68 31 21 1370

2010
580 75 38 25 2020

Source Govt. of India, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy (2000)

It is increasing 485002 day by day due to its importance as an alternative source of income and food also.

BENEFITS OF LIVESTOCK SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA

Provides subsidiary occupation to people living in drought prone, hilly, tribal remote areas where crop production is not sufficient. It is proved to be boon for sustaining livelihood of the landless and marginal farmers. Animal husbandry sector provides large self employment opportunities.

Indian livestock industry makes up for a significant amount of worlds livestock resources through value addition and export of dairy, fishery, wool, poultry and other products. Apart from its performance there are some threats also exits we need to re-correct it and take the global market opportunities.

High-technology farming
It is the use of modern technology including machinery, robots, computers and even satellites in agriculture Enable farmers to maximize profits and minimize costs of production Can be applied to agriculture of different types and different scales Induction of IT as a strategic tool for agricultural development and welfare of rural India requires that the necessary IT infrastructure is in place.

Technology & Farm machinery


Raise the efficiency of various farming processes Solve the problem of labour shortage Machines replace human labour In farming processes such as ploughing, sowing and harvesting of crops, even for milking of cows Trucks used to send he meat or milk to markets are refrigerated to keep the product fresh.

Mechanisation helps in raising farm income by increasing productivity and limiting post-harvest losses Growing sales of tractors and tillers in India reflect the increasing level of mechanisation in farming; over FY07-12 tractor sales is expected to rise at a CAGR of 11.4 per cent India is the largest manufacturer of tractors in the world, accounting for about one-third of global production*

Role of IT in Agriculture
The potential of information technology (IT) can be assessed broadly under two heads : (a) as a tool for direct contribution to agricultural productivity and (b) as an indirect tool for empowering farmers to take informed and quality decisions which will have positive impact on the way agriculture and allied activities are conducted.

Constraints and Remedies for Effective Dissemination 1. Haphazard development 2. User friendliness 3. Local languages 4. Restrictions 5. connectivity

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