Abstract :
The share of agriculture to the Indian economy is declining consistently on one hand and farmer’s resentment due to economically unviable farming is growing on other. How to protect, sustain and develop agricultural sector, which still support major population, is a big challenge. Improving productivity in perpetuity without environmental harm, encouraging high productive agro-forestry, horticulture and herbal plant cultivation along with agriculture and animal husbandry; expanding network of industries for procuring produces of the farmers at door, and decentralising rural markets and banking systems are critical to bring new green revolution in the country. Multi-pronged strategies such as improving the productivity and profitability of land holdings, expanding network of markets in the rural landscape to procure farm-produces at competitive market, and promoting opportunities for the service sector to expand in a manner that triggers the technological and economic upgradation of farm operators and confer the power and economy of scale among farmers are key to achieve the goal of transforming agriculture as a robust and giant economic sector.
