Indian Agriculture is one of the most important important sector in the economy of the country. Agriculture in itself produces more than 18.5 percent of the Gross Domestic product of the country and more than 60 percent people out of Indian population are involved in this sector.
The Indian Agriculture also provides more than 8.5 percent of the total exportation of the Indian Economy. Indian Economy is becoming more and more dependent upon service sector and industrial sector, the Indian Agriculture still plays a vital role in the development of the Indian Economy.
The Monsoon also has a very important part in the Indian Agriculture. Because of the shortage of irrigation system in Indian Agriculture most of the farmers depend highly on rain falls. The amount of raining determines the nature of the crops and also the production. Indian Agriculture in the majority of state are looked after by the State Governments rater than Central Government.
Indian Agricultural Production
India is known to be the largest producer of milk and milk products, coconuts, cashew nuts, tea and other crops. Indian Agriculture after India has the largest out put in farming and it also comes second in producing crops like rice, wheat, rice and some other crops as well. In producing fruits like Banana and Sapota, Indian Agriculture is ranked one in the world.
There are some factors that stops India from producing more crops in their fields:
The farmers does not have enough land for themselves due to various reasons and the lands are also getting fragmented due to the ceiling acts and also due to family disputes.
Illiteracy and the backwardness in the socio economic sphere also are responsible in stopping Indian Agriculture form growing more agricultural products.
The use of technology is also not enough and unlike China, the farmers of India are not comfortable in using various agricultural technologies.
The Indian Farmers are very much dependent on rain falls as there is not enough facility available for irrigation in most part of the country. So whether the crops would be good or bad depends entirely on the amount of rainfall in the country.