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Causes for backwardness of Indian Agriculture
- Old methods of cultivation due to illiteracy & unawareness
- Over-dependence on monsoons
- Floods and droughts; Soil erosion
- Small and fragmented land holding
- Practice of dividing and subdividing land for inheritance
- Poor quality of seeds – poor productivity
- Faulty & unreliable irrigation facilities
- Lack of proper use of manure and Fertilizer
- Reluctant to use modern scientific methods of cultivation
- Excessive pressure on land → High crop intensity
- Unsound credit system and poverty of the farmers
- Defective marketing and low prices of produces
- Poor electricity, storage, water, credit & marketing
- Less Mechanization ; Inadequate Agricultural research
Solutions for Indian Agriculture
- Better irrigation facilities viz. Drip & sprinkler irrigation
- Consolidation of Land Holdings & land reforms
- Deploy Soil Conservation techniques
- Mechanization, hybrid seeds, fertilizer, pesticides
- Scientific farming & educating the farmers about the same
- Spread Green revolution to all states
- Financial inclusion in rural areas to provide sound credit system
- Providing proper electricity & storage system for agricultural produces
- Storage house near farms for better food processing
- Skilling farmers to prevent wastage of labour use
- Improving rural infrastructure
- Providing real time market price for agricultural produces