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India is an agricultural country .One-third of our National income comes from agriculture .our economy is based on agriculture. Agriculture is a major part of our lifestyle today .it is the world's most important industry .It provides us with all our food. It also provides the basis of subsistence for the population by production of food and raw materials.agriculture is the backbone of our Indian economy .It began to develop about 11,000 years ago in the Middle East. it is significant to the production of organic food, which started in the 1980s .Agriculture is the key element to the discovery of the various means of collecting and storing foods during the early times .it is also helpful to stimulate environmental and social growth. It is the main source of earning livelihood of the people. Nearly two-thirds of its population depends directly on agriculture .Agriculture provides direct employment to 70 percent of working people in the country. It is the main stay of India's economy. AND NOW India is producing more food-grains than its needs so that some food-grains are being sent to other countries. Today, agriculture is deeply interwoven with other sectors of the economy. Our farmers have been using old methods and old implements for farming. They are using the primitive methods of agriculture. The use of better seeds, fertilizers and new techniques in agriculture, has brought about a revolution called the Green Revolution in agriculture. Now India ranks first in the world in the production of tea and groundnuts. It ranks second in the world in the production of rice, sugarcane, jute and oil seeds.