mention any two limitations of agriculture?
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Lack of water resources - agriculture predominantly dependent on good monsoon. Scope of irrigation is limited to plains while desert, hilly regions still deprived of modern method of irrigation.
Paucity of Electricity. Lack of farm mechanisation.
Avg. operational land holdings are fragmented and also reducing over the years.
Low productivity of agri / horti crops coupled with lower per cent of A grade produces.
No timely availability of seed/ seedlings, agro-chemicals, fertilizers etc. Absence of field protocols or good agri practices on real time basis for famers.
Poor access to markets for higher price realisation. Lack of infrastructure facilities such as pre-post harvest measures, safe storage, refer network and transport of produce.
No value processors for surplus production.
No comprehensive policy on agriculture and national water policy.
Coverage of institutional mechanism for credit / insurance yet to show results at the field level.
No focused human resource training or skill development initiatives.
Answer:
Limitations of agriculture:
1.Excess of water is used up during irrigation
2.fertilisers are required which pollute the environment.
3.sometimes there is crop failure when crop is affected by insects or any disaster