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Agriculture

The Landscape

Along with Despite being a large
fisheries and Over India’s producer of food
forestry, agriculture GDP is products, India is
one of the largest 58% expected to grow at about faced with a severe
agriculture is
food security
contributors to of rural households depend 4% challenge
India’s GDP and on agriculture as their thus requiring
plays the most prime means of to USD breakthroughs in
vital role in livelihood. 1,640 billion. improving farm
India’s economy. productivity and
managing farm
output.

Farm & Agricultural Fruit Spices
Third Largest Second Largest Largest Producer,
output in the world producer in the world consumer & exporter

Agri Exports Food Grain Production Wheat Production
10% country’s of 271.98 MT 96.6 MT
total exports (estimates 2016~17) (estimates 2016-17)

18 Chemistry Everywhere
In Pursuit of Sustainable Development