Agricultural Opportunities in India for Webinar Final

7/29/2019 Agricultural Opportunities in India for Webinar Final

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Agricultural Opportunities In India

:Farming ,livestock & technology

What new hopes on agriculture front?

Three priorities in agriculture.

Farming

Livestock

Technology


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Agriculture Sector is changing the socio-economic environments of the population due toliberalization and globalization

About 75% people are living in rural areas and arestill dependent on Agriculture. About 43% of Indiasgeographical area is used for agricultural activity

Agriculture continues to play a major role in IndianEconomy

Indian Agriculture


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Indian Agriculture

Provides about 65% of the livelihood

Accounts for 27% of GDP

Contributes 21% of Total Exports, and SuppliesRaw materials to Industries

Growth Rate in production - 5.7%

Food grains production

211.17 mt


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Indias position in world AgricultureRank

Total Area Seventh

Irrigated Area First

Population Second

Economically Active population Second

Total Cereals Third Wheat Second

Rice Second

Coarse grains Fourth

Total Pulses First

Oil Seeds Second Fruits and Vegetables Second

Implements (Tractors) Third

Milk First

Live Stock (castles, Buffaloes) First


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Agricultural Resources

Total Geographical Area (TGA) - 329 M.H

Potential for Biological Production - 265 M.H

Net Sown Area (NSA) - 143 M.H

Net Irrigated Area - 56 M.H

Area threatened by land degradation - 50% of T GA

Drought-prone Area - 190 M.H


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Mile Stones in Agricultural

Development

Green Revolution (1968)

Ever-Green Revolution (1996)

Blue Revolution (water, fish) White Revolution (Milk)

Yellow Revolution (flower, edible)

Bio-Technology Revolution ICT Revolution


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LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN INDIA

Recent Trends and opportunity


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INTRODUCTION

Livestock sector includes animal husbandry, dairy andfisheries sector are considerable major sectors.

It plays an important role in national economy and social

economic development of the country.

It also plays important role in the rural economy assupplementing family incomes and generating gainful

employment in the rural sector.

Indian livestock industry makes up for a significant amount

of worlds livestock resources.


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POPULATION OF LIVESTOCK

It is increasing 485002 day by day due to its importance as an

alternative source of income and food also.

Livestock Year / Population in Million2000 2005 2010

Cow & Buffalo 470 518 580

Sheep 60 68 75

Goat 25 31 38

Pigs 17 21 25

Poultry 940 1370 2020

Source Govt. of India, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy (2000)


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BENEFITS OF LIVESTOCK SECTOR

DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA

Provides subsidiary occupation to peopleliving in drought prone, hilly, tribal remote

areas where crop production is not

sufficient. It is proved to be boon for sustaining

livelihood of the landless and marginal

farmers.

Animal husbandry sector provides large self

employment opportunities.


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Indian livestock industry makes up for asignificant amount of worlds livestockresources through value addition and export of

dairy, fishery, wool, poultry and otherproducts.

Apart from its performance there are somethreats also exits we need to re-correct it and

take the global market opportunities.


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High-technology farming

It is the use of modern technology including machinery,

robots, computers and even satellites in agriculture

Enable farmers to maximize profits and minimize costs of

production Can be applied to agriculture of different types and

different scales

Induction of IT as a strategic tool for agricultural

development and welfare of rural India requires that thenecessary IT infrastructure is in place.


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Technology & Farm machinery

Raise the efficiency of various farming

processes

Solve the problem of labour shortage

Machines replace human labour In farming

processes such as ploughing, sowing and

harvesting of crops, even for milking of cows

Trucks used to send he meat or milk to

markets are refrigerated to keep the product

fresh.


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Mechanisation helps in raising farm income byincreasing productivity and limiting post-harvestlosses

Growing sales of tractors and tillers in Indiareflect the increasing level of mechanisation infarming; over

FY07-12 tractor sales is expected to rise at aCAGR of 11.4 per cent

India is the largest manufacturer of tractors in theworld, accounting for about one-third of globalproduction*


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Role of IT in Agriculture

The potential of information technology (IT)

can be assessed broadly under two heads :

(a) as a tool for direct contribution to

agricultural productivity and

(b) as an indirect tool for empowering farmers

to take informed and quality decisions which

will have positive impact on the way

agriculture and allied activities are conducted.


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Constraints and Remedies for Effective

Dissemination

1. Haphazard development 2. User friendliness

3. Local languages

4. Restrictions

5. connectivity

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