REPORTS / MEMIOGRAPH

Agriculture in Himachal Pradesh, Ranveer Singh and C.S. Vaidya, AERC.

The objectives of this report were to study the agro-climatic conditions; agricultural systems and trends in area; production and productivity of crops in Himachal Pradesh; to study the institutions created development programmes initiated by the government for agriculture in the state and to examine the constraints in agriculture development in the state.  The study has highlighted that agriculture has an important place in the economy of Himachal Pradesh as it is single largest industry providing direct or indirect employment to about 75 percent population of the state and contributes more than half of net domestic product of the state.  Due to this fact this sector continues to receive adequate attention from the state government.  In the report, problems such as small size of land holdings, lack of irrigational facilities, low consumption of chemical fertilizers, lack of road infrastructures are highlighted.  The report suggests strategies for agriculture development in Himachal Pradesh by promoting cultivation of off-season vegetables, floriculture, export of potato and flowers.  The report has pinpointed future emerging areas in agriculture such as cultivation of high value and low volume crops, medicinal and aromatics plants, promotion of niche-based agricultural crops and organic manure based agricultural products.

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