PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF AGRICULTURISTS IN SELECTED PRODUCTS

Agriculture plays an important role in economic development and it is the backbone for the Indian economy. It is absolute; because of India's population may increase to 150 million by 2025, and her requirements for food grains increase to the extent of five million tonnes per year as against the present 3.1% per year. Indian agriculture should be stable and sustainable to meet future challenges. In India, 70% of the population is living in villages which are predominantly agrarian and 80% population depends on agriculture and on allied activities for their livelihood. Presently, 25% of livestock contribute to agriculture and 66% of livestock contributed to dairy farming. The considerable advance research have been taken place in the area of agriculture especially in the field of overcome the problems of agriculture which were faced in the past period and new innovations were taken place in the allied sectors to enhance the income of the farmers in the means undertakings activities like nursery, dairy farming, poultry farming etc; in addition to agricultural occupation.