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@article{186254,
        author = {Dr. N.K. PRADEEP KUMAR},
        title = {CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR BETTER AGRICULTURE PRACTICES IN INDIA},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {596-605},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=186254},
        abstract = {The history of agriculture in India dates back to Indus valley civilization era and even before that in some parts of south India.  India is called the agricultural power house of the world. Agriculture plays important role in developing the Indian economy as it contributes about 20 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. The gross value added (GVA) by the Indian agriculture and allied sectors has made up 15 per cent of the country’s total GVA. The sector admirably has achieved a compound annual growth rate of around 4 per cent over the five-year period. More than 70 per cent of the population is directly or indirectly reliant on agricultural. Agricultural promotion includes many operations and processes through which the food and raw materials move from the farm to the end users. Agriculture provides goods for consumption, manufacturing sector and exports sector. Growth and development of agriculture for local and external markets can be considered as a powerful tool for poverty reduction and to fight against the challenge of food security in developing countries like India. Though the growth in this sector is very crucial for the Indian economy, it is crippled by several hurdles like less productivity, lack of competitiveness of farmers, lack of crop insurance, farming infrastructure facilities, suicides and so on. With this view, the present study focuses into the problems related to the agriculture and provide some of the key measures to enhance the value of agriculture as well as to make agriculture as a sunshine sector in Indian economy.},
        keywords = {Agriculture, Farming, Gross value added, GDP, Indian economy, Insurance, Poverty},
        month = {November},
        }