What are the reasons for decline in the size of agricultural holdings in India?
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Land Holdings
Since many people are employed in Agriculture, and land being very limited resource, the average holdings of a farmer is less compared to other countries like US or China. The marginal farmers form bulk of agricultural force, but there land holdings is less compared to top 10% who hold close to 54% of agricultural land[Report of Agiculture Indebtedness by Expert Group, Radha Krishna Committee]. About 60% of farmers have land less 0.4 hectares and another 20 % of farmers own around 1.4 hectares [ Increase Productivity Rapidly, by Krishna Kothai, published in Survey of Indian Agriculture 2011, The Hindu Group]. This severe inequality of land holding among farmers will reduce earnings per farmer. The Land Ceiling Act, whose primary role to curtail holding excessive land, is fraught with many loop holes.
Green Revolution
Many people have came in support of Green Revolution, there is no denying that it was necessary during that time to mitigate hunger and food scarcity. The crop productivity has increased tremendously with introduction of hybrid seeds, fertilizers and pesticides. It made farmers in states like Punjab and Haryana rich. Later Seeds industry was opened to Multinational companies like Montaso, Bayer. With profits being sole objective, these companies have introduced spurious variety of seeds.
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after the death of the father the land owned by him is distributed among his children is the main reason for decline in size of agricultural holdings in india...
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