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ABIN P MATHEW and Priya Chetty on August 16, 2022 No Comments
This article discusses the economic contributions of India’s agriculture sector, focusing mostly on a few metrics including employment, GDP, revenues, FDI, GNP, and wages over the past 25 years.
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Yashika Kapoor and Chandrika Kapagunta on April 25, 2017 No Comments
Soil is formed from the gradual breaking and weathering of rocks and covers of the landmass of earth as a thin layer. It is a complete ecosystem in itself and its maintenance is of utmost importance for the continuity of life processes of microbes, plants and animals. However, the quality of soil ecosystem is compromised due to increasing human activities resulting in release of pollutants.
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Ananya Mitra and Priya Chetty on September 12, 2016 3 Comments
The agricultural sector in India is the main source of livelihood for more than 70 percent of the rural population. Similarly half of the households in the rural population show some sign of poverty (Singh & Walis 2015).
The agricultural practices carried out in India are still largely traditional. Indian agriculture technology have many limitations as compared to modern agricultural technologies around the world.
Agriculture sector in India is considered to be the backbone of its economy. Agriculture is source of livelihood for more than 70 % of Indians in the rural area.
Israel is one such country whose topography is arid and farming is a challenge. But this country has acquired the status of ‘world leader’ in terms of agricultural research and development.