Type | Conference Paper - Food 360 |
Title | Seeding success through innovation & technology: Role of innovations in transforming Indian agriculture |
Author(s) | |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2012 |
City | Hyderabad |
Country/State | India |
URL | http://oar.icrisat.org/6209/1/FICCI_FOOD_360_Knowledge_Report.pdf |
Abstract | Agriculture remains the most important sector for India, vital for ensuring its food and nutritional security. From an economic perspective, the sector provides livelihood means to over 58 percent of the nation’s population, while contributing 14 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by providing bulk of the wage goods required by non-agriculture sectors, and most of the raw materials for the industries. The Green Revolution and the transformation it brought about to this sector helped in easing poverty, and proved that agricultural development has a direct role in improving the livelihood of the people and the society. |