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: This is a serious problem which can be solved by using more manures and fertilizers. ADVERTISEMENTS: Manures and fertilizers play the same role in relation to soils as good food in relation to body. Just as a well-nourished body is capable of doing any good job, a well nourished soil is capable of giving good yields. It has been estimated that about 70 per cent of growth in agricultural production can be attributed to increased fertilizer application. 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.