Abstract
To cater to the demands of the increasing population and support the economy which has been projected to grow, agriculture in India will have to focus more on measures such as optimum usage of land and other limited resources, appropriate implementation of machinery and manpower, increased productivity, production of high-quality products and exploring and adopting integrated farming systems and controlled-environment agriculture (CEA). Other significant domains include agricultural education, training, research and development. This article aims to study the state of agriculture in Karnataka’s Mysore district, identify trends and issues and propose a district-level agriculture hub in Mysore city, that aims to equip the user with knowledge and skill to incorporate the above mentioned measures.
Highlights
Over the past few decades, Indian agriculture has witnessed the Green Revolution, the Blue Revolution, the White Revolution, the Yellow Revolution, and various other named revolutions that were a result of discoveries or implementation of new inventions and technologies in a way that drastically altered the rate and quality of production in a more favorable way
Agriculture is the backbone of the economy of Mysore district as it is with the rest of India and the rest of Karnataka
This unfavorable trend of shifting to labor has been observed in Mysore district as well, and it can be attributed to several reasons like dwindling numbers and sizes of land holdings, climate change, drought years, infeasible circumstances in farming and the development and growth of the non-agricultural sector
Summary
India with its vast population and diversity is very dependent on agriculture. The agriculture sector with its allied sectors is undoubtedly a significant contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report reported a 60% decline in the number of undernourished people in India over a decade from 249.4 million in 2004-06 to 189.2 million in 2017-19. This reduced number is still much higher than the total population of any European country. One of the main issues commonly observed is that the production has become “cereal centric” (the production of wheat and rice is proportionally higher than that of protein-based products like oilseeds and pulses) This demands usage of generous amounts of land, water, fertiliser and other resources. The differences in productivity is because of factors such as climates, soil conditions, availability of resources, local development and infrastructure and farmer knowledge
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