Cropping Pattern and Agriculture Produce
India is an agrarian economy, and more than 52 percent of the land area is considered arable. India is among the highest-ranking countries in production volume for various commodities like rice, wheat, cotton, and dairy. Fiber, food, fuels, and raw materials are the subdivisions of the agricultural crops.
Indian agriculture is characterized by small farm holdings. The average farm size is only 1.57 hectares. Around 93 percent of farmers have land holdings smaller than 4 ha and they cultivate nearly 55 percent of the arable land. On the other hand, only 1.6 of the farmers have operational land holdings above 10 ha and they utilize 17.4 percent of the total cultivated land (Hazra 2003).
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