Indian soils have been used for growing crops over thousands of years without caring much for its replenishment as required. This led to exhaustion and depletion of the soil. This has resulted in poor quality of produce and productivity.

Farmers must study the market behavior, customer’s requirements and plan multiple cropping pattern, get acquainted with the proven technology and must adopt smart farming techniques, he and the farm laborer must undergo training to achieve skills and knowledge to run all farm practices efficiently to improve quality and productivity of the produce Fragmentation of land, farming families hold less than 2 acres of land. Small land holdings restrict the farmers to use traditional methods of farming and limit productivity.
Indian agriculture has to become more cost-effective to meet the growing challenges and opportunities. Farming activity is becoming expensive because of the rising expenses of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, micro-nutrients, organic manures & pesticides which has limited the use.

" The sustainable method of irrigation needs to be popularized."

Indian soils have been used for growing crops over thousands of years without caring much for its replenishment as required.
This led to exhaustion and depletion of the soil. This has resulted in poor quality of produce and productivity. Lack of proper understanding, planning multiple cropping patterns, heavy use of fertilizers, water mismanagement, and low productivity has resulted in more debts for the next cycle Most of the farming in India is monsoon dependent. Sources of water depend on increasingly ground water use; level of ground water is going down drastically and is in a critical condition. The problem here is of proper management of water or the lack of it. Water usage is unplanned.
Lack of a proper marketing and storage channel has forced the farmers to distress sale, which is still a huge concern in the rural areas.
Poor storage facilities, ware houses, cold storage in rural areas prove disastrous to the village farmers. They are compelled to sell their produce immediately after the harvest at the prevailing low market prices.
Lack of cheap and efficient means of transportation is one of the major challenges faced by agriculture sector of India.
Rather than putting individual effort the farmers must now work in groups with a common goal and objectivities and must avail communication facilities with the world.



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