Key Issues Affecting Agricultural Productivity

Key issues affecting agricultural productivity include:

• The decreasing sizes of agricultural land holdings
• Continued dependence on Weather
• Inadequate access to irrigation
• Access to Quality Seeds
• Imbalanced use of soil nutrients resulting in loss of fertility of soil
• Uneven access to modern technology in different parts of the country
• Lack of access to formal agricultural credit
• Limited procurement of food grains by government agencies
• Failure to Provide Remunerative Prices to Farmers
• Eastern States lagging behind the rest of the country in farmings
• Food ....