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EconomyandDevelopmentofTelangana:AgricultureandAlliedSectors:

ShareofAgricultureandAlliedsectorsinGSDP
Distributionoflandholdings
DependenceonAgriculture
IrrigationSourcesofIrrigation
ProblemsofDrylandAgriculture
Agriculturalcredit

Asweknow,nearly55.49%ofthestatespopulationisdependentinsomeortheotherforminFarmactivityfor
theirlivelihoods.
ItisessentialtoincreasethefarmincomeandensuresustainablegrowthinTelanganatoreducepoverty.The
mainpriorityistoshifttheexcesslabourforceintotheothernonfarmruralsectorstoruralindustriesthrough
skilldevelopment.
TheshareofAgriculturetostatein201415is9.3%atcurrentprices.

WhatconstituteAgricultureanditssectors?
AgricultureandalliedsectorsareconstitutedbyCrophusbandryagriculture,horticulture,livestock,forestryand
fisheriessectors.Theshareofagricultureanditssectorsaredecreasingasthedayspassingby.
Theshareoflivestocksectorisaround1/3rdoftotalagricultureandalliedsectorsofGSDPduring201415.

ShareofAgricultureandAlliedSectorsinGSDPatCurrentPrices

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SECTOR

201112*

201415

CropHusbandrySector

57.7

51.8

Livestock

34.4

39.7

ForestryandLogging

5.5

5.0

Fisheries

2.4

3.5

TotalAgricultureSector

100

100

ShareofAgricultureandalliedsectorinGSDP

18.6

17.9

ShareofAnimalHusbandryinGSDP

6.4

7.1

*Note:Referenceyear201112istakenduetoLivestockCensus.

LandUtilisationinTelangana:
Thetotallandareaofthestateis114.84lakhhectares,outofwhichtheareaforestcoveris27.43lakhhectares,
constituting23.89%ofGeographicalarea.

LandUtilisationinTelangana(201314):

TheLanduseinvariouscategoriesismentionedbelow:
AreainLakhHectaresandpercentages:
Forest

27.43

23.89%

114.84Hect.

BarrenandUncultivableLand

6.15

5.36%

114.84Hect.

LandputtoNonAgriculturaluses

8.95

7.79%

114.84Hect.

CulturableWaste

1.78

1.55%

114.84Hect.

PermanentPasturesandGrazingLands

3.01

2.62%

114.84Hect.

Misc.TreeCropsnotincludedinNetAreaSown

1.14

0.99%

114.84Hect.

OtherFallowLands

7.17

6.24%

114.84Hect.

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CurrentFallowLands

9.6

8.36%

114.84Hect.

NetAreaSown

49.61

43.2%

114.84Hect.

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