Indian Agriculture: Scenario - Past, Present and Future
History of INDIA is very rich in terms of having Kingdoms, Architecture, Literature and many other things, and agriculture has always been in focus point for the economic activity. Over centuries growth of agriculture has contributed a lot in rise of civilisations. Before agriculture became the widespread activity, peoples were nomads. They roam around in search of food - hunting wild animals and gathering wild eatable plants - on daily basis. They were not settlers so they did not prosper. Eventually people learnt how to grow cereals and other edible roots, this was the turning point when they decided to settle down and live a life based on farming. Over some centuries dependence on agriculture increased heavily because of which civilisations prosper a lot. Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) or Harappan Civilisation (one of the several civilizations during that time period), which was situated on the bank on the river Indus, prosper because farming started producing surplus...