Agriculture in India

India ranks second worldwide in farm output.ranks Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry and fisheries accounted for 16.6% of the GDP in 2009, about 50% of the total workforce.Agricultureforestry fisheries

The economic contribution of agriculture to India's GDP is steadily declining with the country's broad-based economic growth. Still, agriculture is demographically the broadest economic sector and plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic fabric of India.

Per 2010 FAO world agriculture statistics, India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, major spices, select fresh meats, select fibrous crops such as jute, several staples such as millets and castor oil seed.FAOfruitsmilkspicesjutemilletscastor oil

India is the second largest producer of wheat and rice, the world's major food staples.wheatricefood staples

India is also the world's second or third largest producer of several dry fruits, agriculture- based textile raw materials, roots and tuber crops, pulses, farmed fish, eggs, coconut, sugarcane and numerous vegetablesdry fruitstextilerootstuberpulsesfisheggscoconutsugarcanevegetables

India exported around 2 million metric tonnes of wheat and 2.1 million metric tonnes of rice in 2011 to Africa, Nepal, Bangladesh and other regions around the world

Aquaculture and catch fishery is amongst the fastest growing industries in India. Between 1990 and 2010, Indian fish capture harvest doubled, while aquaculture harvest tripled. Aquaculture and catch fishery

In 2008, India was the world's sixth largest producer of marine and freshwater capture fisheries, and the second largest aquaculture farmed fish producer. India exported 600,000 metric tonnes of fish products to nearly half of all the world's countries.

Agriculture in India, largest crops by economic value Economic valueUnit price Average yield, India (2010) World's most productive farms (2010) RankProduct(2009 prices, US$) (US$ / kilogram) (tonnes per hectare) Country 1Rice$38.42 billion Australia 2Buffalo milk$24.86 billion Pakistan 3Cow milk$17.13 billion Israel 4Wheat$12.14 billion Netherlands 5Mangoes$9 billion Cape Verde 6Sugar cane$8.92 billion Peru 7Bananas$8.38 billion Indonesia 8Cotton$8.13 billion Israel 9Fresh Vegetables$5.97 billion USA 10Potatoes$5.67 billion USA

Problems Lack cold storage Lack food packaging inefficient rural transport system Low level of mechanization Poorly maintained irrigation systems