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Worldwide employment In agriculture, forestry and fishing in 2021. India has one of the highest number of people employed in these sectors. As per the 2014 FAO world agriculture statistics India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits like banana, mango, guava, papaya, lemon and vegetables like chickpea, okra and milk, major spices like chili pepper, ginger, fibrous crops such as ...
In 2001 India became the world leader in milk production with a production volume of 84 million tons. India has about three times as many dairy animals as the US, which produces around 75 million tons. Dairy farming is generally a type of subsistence farming system in India, especially in Haryana, the major producer of milk in the country.
The early research was on reliable methods for collecting yield statistics of principal food crops. Further research in sampling and statistics was initiated and this became a Statistical Branch in 1945. The branch soon acquired international recognition as a centre for research and training in the field of Agricultural Statistics.
India is highly skewed in the distribution of its agricultural resources, and accordingly, select regions have benefitted from a MSP. [24] As per 2013 Ministry of Statistics data only 23% of farmers in the rural agricultural households in India are aware of MSP of crops. [8] Awareness varies from 0 to 50% according to state. [8]
In the period of the Neolithic Revolution, roughly 8000-4000 BCE, [11] Agro pastoralism in India included threshing, planting crops in rows and storing grain in granaries. [3] [12] Barley —either of two or of six rows— and wheat cultivation—along with the rearing of cattle, sheep and goat—was visible in Mehrgarh by 8000-6000 BCE.
2007: Launch of US–India Agricultural Knowledge Initiative. [10] 2008: India-Brazil-South Africa Joint Working Group on Agriculture Initiated. [11] 2009: In December 2009, it announced that it was considering a policy to provide open access to its research. 2009: New and restructured postgraduate curricula and syllabi introduced. [12]
Composition of India's total production of foodgrains and commercial crops, in 2003–04, by weight. India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing accounted for 18.6% of the GDP in 2005, employed 60% of the total workforce [13] and despite a steady decline of its share in the GDP, is still the largest economic sector and plays a ...
Agricultural Research Service; Service Overview Abbreviation: A.R.S. Formed: 1 November 1973 Country India: Training Ground: National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad: Controlling Authority: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Department of Agriculture Research and Education Legal personality: Indian Council of ...