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Agriculture of Jammu and Kashmir
Livelihood of the majority of the population of the Jammu & Kashmir State revolves around the agriculture and allied sectors.
These sectors constitute the mainstay of the State’s economy and contribute nearly 50 per cent to GSDP.
Over 70 per cent of the population, of more than 1.25 crores depends, directly or indirectly, on agriculture and its allied sectors.
The diversification in the physiographic features and agro-climatic variation at macro- and micro-level, involving cold arid, temperate, intermediate and sub-tropical zones, within a small geographical area of 2.22 lakh sq. km indicates the inherent agricultural potential of the State.
The net sown area (NSA) of 7.35 lakh ha (2009-10) is 35 per cent of the reported area as against the national average of 46 per cent.
About 70 per cent of the net sown area is under the food crops.
The average size of holding is very small (0.545 ha/holding) as compared to 1.66 ha at the national level with more than 93% of owners of these farm holdings subsisting on agriculture and allied activities.
Over the years, agriculturists and farmers have adopted several area- specific and timespecific cultivation practices to meet the requirement of their staple food crops.
Rice, maize, wheat, pulses, fodder, oilseeds, potato and barley are the main crops of the State.
There is currently a shift towards cultivating low- volume high-value cash crops, such as, flowers, vegetables, quality seeds, aromatic & medicinal plants, mushrooms etc. round the year. Honey, Beekeeping, fodder intensification, production of quality saffron, ‘Basmati’ rice, ‘Rajmash’, offseason vegetables, potatoes etc. are also being cultivated in specific areas, belts and clusters depending upon the agro-climatic suitability.
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