AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

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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

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AGRICULTURE IN INDIA
Provides food to more than 1 billion people

Produces 51 major crops

Contributes to 1/6th of the Export Earnings

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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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