Total Geographical Area - 328 million hectares
Net Area sown - 142 million hectares
Gross Cropped Area – 190.8 million hectares
Net Irrigated Area – 56.9 million hectares
AGRICULTURE IN INDIA
Provides food to more than 1 billion people
Produces 51 major crops
Contributes to 1/6th of the Export Earnings
GREEN REVOLUTION
BLUE REVOLUTION
WHITE REVOLUTION
YELLOW REVOLUTION
BIO-TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION
Largest Producer of Milk, Cashew nuts, Coconuts, Tea, Ginger, Turmeric & Black Pepper.
Largest Cattle population-281 million
Second largest producer of Wheat, Rice, Sugar and Groundnut and Pulses.
Third largest producer of Tobacco.
Third largest in implementation of Mechanisation.
STRENGTHS
Rich Bio Diversity
Arable Land
Climate
OPPORTUNITES
Exports
Agro-based Industry
Horticulture
WEAKNESS
Fragmented Lands
Illiteracy
Lack of Technological Inputs
Poor Infrastructure
THREATS
Unsustainable resource use
Unsustainable regional development
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