Reforms They Need
India since its Independence significantly changed its status from an food deficit Nation to food surplus nation.Gross value added from Agriculture,forestry & fishing stood at 16.1% according to the data from 2019-20 Economic survey.This is a increase of around 3% from previous year.We are largest milk producing country in the world.We also stand at top positions in many other things like Pulses,Okra Banana,Mango,Lemon Papaya,Tomato,Potato etc. But there are many problems that needs to be addressed. We need to change our subsistence agriculture system to a robust one. India has attained high productivity per hectare but still lags behind by many markets. About 45% of Indian workforce is engage in agriculture and allied activities. Another problem is of high fragmentation of Indian farms, in 1970 the average land holding was 2.7 hectare but in 2015-16 it shrink to 1 hectare. Due to low landholding farmer unable to do Mechanization in farms and thu...