Agricultural Growth

Scenario
Trends in agricultural growth(% per annum)
Agricultural growth in the country
has missed the target rate of 4%
per annum.
Commo 1951- 1968- 1981- 1991- Ninth Tenth
dity 1967 1980 90 1996 plan plan
1997- 2002-
2001 2006
Cereals 4.19 3.43 3.42 2.36 1.49 1.28
Pulses & 2.98 0.97 5.41 2.92 -1.43 4.29
oilseed
Fruit & 2.67 4.82 2.84 6.07 4.11 2.97
vegetabl
es
Other 2.42 2.98 1.71 2.18 3.82 3.58
crops
All crops 3.00 3.00 2.97 3.09 2.25 2.46
Area, production and yield of food grains in
India
300

250

200

m.ha
150
production m.tone
Yield.kg/ha

100

50

0
1950-51 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2003-04 2006-07 2007-08
Trends in milk, fisheries and oilseed
production
120

100

80

oil seed (mill tonne)

60
Milk(mill tonne)
Fish(mill tonne)

40

20

0
1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2006-07
 Regional Trends in agricultural Productivity and
growth
state NSDP NSDP Food Growth Rained Fertiliz Area
Agricul Agricul grain in area(%) er(NPK) irrigate
ture(00 ture yield(t/ value use d by
0Rs/ha growth ha) of (kg/ha) wells(%
) (%) fruits )
and
veg(%)
2006- 1995- 2007- 2000- 2007- 2005-
07 2004 08 2006 2003- 08 06
04
state NSDP NSDP Food Growth Rained Fertiliz Area
Agricul Agricul grain in area(%) er(NPK) irrigate
ture(00 ture yield(t/ value use d by
0Rs/ha growth ha) of (kg/ha) wells(%
) (%) fruits )
and
veg(%)
2006- 1995- 2007- 2000- 2007- 2005-
07 2004 08 2006 2003- 08 06
04
Drivers Of Growth

Agricultural growth is fuelled by several factors.

 Irrigation
 Infrastructure
 Technology
 Public investment
These are the major source of growth during
the pre and post green revolution.
Irrigation
 Expansion of irrigation has been the main source of growth
 Surface irrigation(Canal and tank irrigation)
 Ground water irrigation(tube well, dug well)
 58% of ground water potential is exploited and total area
under irrigated by ground water is 59%.
 Exploitation of ground water in large parts of the country
reached a stage where sustainability of production system is
under threat.
 Therefore conjunctive of surface and ground water with
higher water use efficiency should be encouraged.
Rural Infrastructure
 Hard core infrastructure- rural roads market,
storage godwons
 Soft-core infrastructure-communication,

agricultural developmental through linking

farmers with markets, management of risk.
Technology
 High yielding varieties –high rainfall systems
of eastern india,dry rained area.
 Technological innovation has contributed a

lot like Bt cotton, single cross hybrids in

maize, rice hybrids, new varieties of
vegetables .
 In livestock's and fisheries, animal health and

nutrition increase in cross-bred cattle, better

management practices have contributed to
the growth of livestock and fisheries sector.
Agricultural Diversification
 Reallocation of farm productive resources such as
land, capital ,farm equipments and paid lab our
into new activities.
 Diversification can be a response to opportunity

and threat.
Opportunities- Changing consumer demand
 Changing demographics
 Export potentials
 Adding value
 Changing market opportunities
 Improving nutrition
Threats
 Urbanization
 Risk
 Externals threats
 Domestic policy threats
 Climate change
 No Time to Relax
Shaping our Agricultural Future

Population rich but land hungry country like India have no

option except to produce more food grains and other
agricultural commodities per units of land and water under
conditions of diminishing per capita availability of arable
land and irrigation water, and of expanding biotic and a
biotic stresses. Such a challenge can be met only by
harnessing the best in frontier technologies and blending
them with our rich heritage of ecological prudence. Eco-
technologies for an Ever-green revolution should be the
bottom line of our strategy to shape our agricultural future.