“Agriculture: Environment & Other Issues in North India”

Abstract

The main metric used to assess a nation's position in agriculture is how much GDP and employment are generated by that country. The majority of people in India depend on agriculture and allied industries for their livelihood, although these industries make up a smaller portion of India's GDP than the manufacturing and service sectors. There has been an effort to identify the major problems and difficulties facing the Indian agricultural sector including environmental affects, to analyze the need for attention to agriculture, and to review the fundamentals of agriculture. This is a conceptual &review research paper wherein secondary data has been used. Qualitative research design has been used and data from 10 subject experts have been taken to conclude. The selection of experts has been made using snow ball sampling. The challenges and future of the Indian agriculture sector have been explained by the factors found in research, which include: environmental effects in the form of natural calamities; ineffective supply chain management; the influence of unorganized money lenders; ineffective price control by the government; use of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes; biotechnology; exports; the food processing industry; and crop destruction by stray animals. When formulating any policies for the agriculture industry in India, the government should keep these factors in consideration.