EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Economic growth of our country lays heavy reliance on agriculture.
• Agriculture contributes more than 20% to the GDP and generates 60% employment.
• About 180 million hectares of arable land is available. A wide variety of crops growing possibilities exist with the climatic condition that currently prevail.

• If agriculture cannot grow at 4% annually, it is said that the GDP growth at 8% and above cannot be achieved.

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