Agriculture in India In the past agriculture has played and will continue to play a dominant role in the growth of Indian economy in the foreseeable future. It represents the largest sector producing around 28 percent of the GDP‚ is the largest employer providing more than 60 percent of the jobs and is the prime arbiter of living standards for seventy percent of India’s population living in the rural areas. These factors together with a strong determination to achieve self-sufficiency in food
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Agricultural loans offered by nationalised banks | 23 | | 3.4 | Schemes of co-operative agriculture banks | 31 | | 3.5 | Innovations in rural and agricultural finance | 47 | | 3.6 | Microfinance and agriculture finance | 49 | | 3.7 | Recent progress in rural finance | 50 | | 3.8 | Taking agricultural finance to small farmers | 54 | | | | | 4 | | Case study: State bank of India – the pioneer in agriculture lending | 58 | | | | | 5 | | Conclusion & bibliography | 69 | |
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Importance of Agriculture in Indian Economy The direct contribution of the agriculture sector to national economy is reflected by its share in total GDP‚ its foreign exchange earnings‚ and its role in supplying savings and labor to other sectors. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry and fishing accounted for 18.5 percent of total Indian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2005-06 (at 1999-2000 constant prices) and employed about 58 percent of the country’s workforce (CSO‚ 2007). It
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things during the conversion of hunter-gathering to farming but the advancement made humans stronger. Even though the conversion of hunter-gatherer to agriculture made humans lose some things‚ humans also gained a lot. For example‚ hunter-gatherers only had a few tools to use while searching for their food. With the advancement to agriculture humans not only had a more efficient food supply but they also had more advanced tools to help them with work. Another example is that humans domesticated
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Topic: Climate change and Agriculture. In the countrie Solomon islands one of the major problems today is climate change activities. Climate change is the common tolarent background in which this account is looking at the changes that affects most aspect of the environment. How it is important of agricultural activities. The basic of greenhouse effect the gretly affected by changing of climate. However the potential impacts of climates change on agriculture onterms of food security. More over
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Technology for Sustainable Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture is a way of farming that can be carried out for generations to come. This long-term approach to agriculture combines efficient production with the wise stewardship of the earth’s resources. It is hoped that‚ over time‚ sustainable agriculture will do the following: • Meet human needs with a safe‚ high-quality‚ and affordable supply of food and fiber. • Protect the natural resource base and prevent the degradation of air‚ soil and
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Title: Political Economy of Agriculture and Food Professor: Deborah Johnston To what extent are agricultural transformations and modernization still necessary for economic development in contemporary low-income countries? Illustrate your arguments with reference to concrete cases. Introduction: Recently‚ several new comers to the middle income countries category‚ namely in North Africa‚ have made it above the $1.25 poverty line without experiencing an increase in agriculture contribution to GDP or
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5. AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURE 5.1 With more than half of the State’s population still dependent for their livelihoods either wholly or significantly on some form of farm activity‚ expansion of farm incomes continues to be the potent weapon for reducing poverty. Rapid and sustainable growth in Agriculture has been identified not only as a key driver for economic development but also for achieving self sufficiency and ensuring food security to the people. Over the decades‚ Andhra
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Previous PageTable Of ContentsNext Page The Nigerian economy: Agriculture and the livestock sector For some years Nigeria has been seeking to achieve economic take-off by using her oil resources.1 The 1973�74 fourfold rise in oil prices enabled the Government to launch an ambitious investment programme.2 The principal aim of the Third Development Plan was to diversify the economy‚ which at that time was primarily based on oil and agriculture. Diversification was to be achieved by implementing industrial
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The Vertical Farm: Reducing the impact of agriculture on ecosystem functions and services An essay by Dickson Despommier Department of Environmental Health Sciences Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University 60 Haven Ave‚ rm. 100 New York‚ New York 10032 ddd1@columbia.edu Abstract The advent of agriculture has ushered in an unprecedented increase in the human population and their domesticated animals. Farming catalyzed our transformation from primitive hunter-gatherers to
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