Crisis in Indian agriculture: can it be overcome?

M. V. Nadkarni ()
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Journal of Social and Economic Development, 2022, vol. 24, issue 1, No 15, 228-241

Abstract: Abstract The crisis in Indian agriculture, which has been building up for decades, is not one of declining profitability, but a more basic one of the bulk of its holdings being non-viable. Not only the number of these holdings, but even the extent of non-viable land in the total area is fast increasing and will dominate agriculture unless the trend is reversed. Merely increasing the productivity of small holdings has not helped much. Non-viability comes in the way of capital formation in agriculture and its dynamic growth. The main culprit behind this situation is that employment opportunities in non-agricultural sectors are not growing fast enough. In an international perspective, Indian situation is among the worst. It needs urgent attention. A number of steps are suggested.

Keywords: Non-viability; Population pressure; Productivity; Non-agricultural employment; Agricultural labourers; Decentralised industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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