AGRICULTURE

and
DEVELOPMENT
 contribution to economic development

▪ providing food and raw material to non-agricultural sectors of the economy

▪ creating demand for goods produced in non-agricultural sectors, by the rural
people on the strength of the purchasing power, earned by them on selling the
marketable surplus
▪ providing investable surplus in the form of savings and taxes to be invested in
non-agricultural sector
▪ earning valuable foreign exchange through the export of agricultural products
▪ Providing employment to a vast army of uneducated, backward and unskilled
labor.
 agriculture sector and capital formation

1. Taxation
2. Export revenues
3. Buying at low prices but huge quantities by the government
4. Labor in agriculture is a source of investable surplus
5. Transfer of labor and capital from farm to nonfarm activities
 Green Revolution
A large increase in agricultural production in developed and
developing countries achieved by using technological advances
 Methods of Green Revolution

▪ Double / Multiple Cropping System

▪ Seeds with superior genetics
▪ Proper irrigation system
▪ HYV (High-Yielding Variety) seeds
▪ Use of pesticidies and fertilizers
▪ Use of modern machinery (tractor, harvestor etc.)
 Results of Green Revolution
INCREASE IN PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY

SCIENTIFIC CULTIVATION

CHANGE ON CROPPING PATTERN

DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIES

CHANGE IN FARMERS ATTITUDES

 BUT....
not all is green about Green Revolution
nutrition
Africa