Ram Narayan Meena*
Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi-22105 (U. P.) India
Email: ramnarayanbhu@gmail.com
Received-25.02.2025, Revised-16.03.2025, Accepted-27.03.2025
Abstract: Agriculture is the mainstay of India which provides employment to nearly 52 per cent of the population. However, Agriculture contributes only 16 per cent to India’s Gross Domestic Product. Increasing agricultural growth is the top priority of our government and will continue to remain, as around 70 per cent of the population lives in rural India. Agriculture plays a vital role in economic growth, such as provision of food to the nation, enlarging exports, transfer of manpower to non-agricultural sectors, contribution to capital formation and securing markets for industrialization.
Keywords: Agriculture, Food security, India
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