Title: 10 Major Agricultural Problems of India and their Possible Solutions
Headings: 10 Major Agricultural Problems of India and their Possible Solutions
10 Major Agricultural Problems of India and their Possible Solutions
1. Small and fragmented land-holdings:
2. Seeds:
3. Manures, Fertilizers and Biocides:
4. Irrigation:
5. Lack of mechanisation:
6. Soil erosion:
7. Agricultural Marketing:
8. Inadequate storage facilities:
9. Inadequate transport:
10. Scarcity of capital:
Table 22.3 Institutional Credit to Agriculture:

Content: Thus increase in the consumption of fertilizers is a barometer of agricultural prosperity. However, there are practical difficulties in providing sufficient manures and fertilizers in all parts of a country of India’s dimensions inhabited by poor peasants. Cow dung provides the best manure to the soils. But its use as such is limited because much of cow dung is used as kitchen fuel in the shape of dung cakes. Reduction in the supply of fire wood and increasing demand for fuel in the rural areas due to increase in population has further complicated the problem. Chemical fertilizers are costly and are often beyond the reach of the poor farmers. The fertilizer problem is, therefore, both acute and complex. ADVERTISEMENTS: It has been felt that organic manures are essential for keeping the soil in good health. The country has a potential of 650 million tonnes of rural and 160 lakh tonnes of urban compost which is not fully utilized at present.