Reorganisation of Agricultural Education in India
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Author:DR. T. M. PAUL
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:42, Issue:mar-mar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A04259
Abstract
About 90 percent of the population of India is concentrated in the
villages. Of this, over 80 percent is dependent on agriculture for its liveli-
hood. So, about 75 percent of the total population of India is directly or in-
directly living on agricultural operations. Besides, agriculture is the largest
industry of the country and quite many of the other industries are dependent
on agriculture. In spite of this paramount position agriculture occupies in
the national economy of the country, little attention was paid to this
industry till recently. During the days of foreign rule, agriculture was
looked upon as a source of raw materials for the industries of the ruling
country. That is how India had to be importing food even in normal
times, inspite of its immense agricultural potential. Only after the
beginning of the last war, when rice was not available in the exporting
countries, attention was focussed on producing enough food within the
country itself. Even after the war, world-food-shortage continued and
internal supplies became more and more inadequate in India due to the
continued increase in population, loss of agricultural land as a result of
the partition of the country and the failure of monsoon during successive
years. Even now, one cannot say that agriculture is given the place it
deserves in our national life. However, it is gratifying to note that more
and more people have come to realise the importance of agriculture to
national well-being.
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