Prepared by: Mrs. Savita Kukreti Pawar Public school Kandivali

Agriculture  Cultivation of the soil in order to grow crops and rear livestock

Agriculture in India  Food for the expanding population  Raw material  Market for industrial goods  Export  Employment

Types of Farming  Shifting  Subsistence  Intensive  Extensive  Plantation  Mixed  Commercial  Dry

Problems of Indian Agriculture EnvironmentalInstitutional EconomicTechnological

 Unreliable rain  Lack of Irrigation  Soil Erosion  Primitive methods  Faulty cultivation  Reduction in net sown area Environmental

 Small and Fragmented Landholdings  Exploitation of Farmers Institutional

 Subsistence Agriculture  Human Elements  Globalisation Economic

 Old techniques  Inefficient techniques Technological

 Green Revolution  National Agricultural Policy Solutions