The Potential of Rain fed Agriculture in India-An Assessment

Abstract

The agricultural productivity has seen a rapid growth since the Planning Era due to new crop varieties, fertilizer use and expansion in irrigated agriculture. The world food production outstripped the population growth. However, there areregions of food insecurity. Of the about 2700 billion population today (United States Census Bearau,2013), about 925 million people do not have enough food to eat. Food and crop demand is estimated to double in the coming 50 years.As per Comprehensive Assessment, it is possible to produce food – but it is probable that today’s food production and environmental trends, will lead to crises in many parts of the world. The assessment as also indicated that the world’s availablel and and water resources can satisfy future demands by so many solutions. One of the best solutions is rainfed agriculture.