CHARACTERISTICS AND PROBLEMS OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE
- Subsistent in Character
- Heavy Pressure of Population
- Predominance of Food Grains
- Mixed Cropping
- High Percentage of the Reporting Area under Cultivation
- Small Size of Holdings and Fragmentation of Fields
- Limited Intensive Agriculture
- Primitive Technology
- Indian Agriculture is Labour Intensive
- Rain-fed Agriculture
- Less Area under Leguminous and Fodder Crops
- Tradition Bound
- Low Productivity
- Government Policy
- Lack of Definite Agricultural Land Use Policy
- Lack of Marketing and Storage Facilities
- Low Status of Agriculture in the Society
- Land Tenancy
- Poverty and Indebtedness of the Farmers
- Inadequacy of Extension Service
- Inadequate Agricultural Research and Education, Training, and Extension
- Soil Erosion and Soil Degradation
- Other Characteristics and Problems