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Although agriculture contributes about 13–14% of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), its importance in the country’s socio-economic development goes well beyond this indicator as nearly half of the workforce (48.9%) is employed in agriculture. About 69% of the people live in rural areas, a large number of whom are poor and mainly depend on agriculture and allied sectors for their livelihoods.
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GoI (2012), “State of Indian Agriculture 2011–12”, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi.
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Sharma, V.P. (2017). Summary, Concluding Observations and Policy Implications. In: Oilseed Production in India. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3717-4_10
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