Date of Publication :8th September 2024

Abstract:This study examines the current trend in agricultural growth and development in India. Although agriculture and allied activities provide a livelihood for more than 50 percent of the population in India, it continues to experience agrarian challenges. This paper attempts to study the prevailing challenges and prospects for Indian agriculture. Secondary data on area, farm production, productivity, and input use data for selected crops is used for the trend analysis. The secondary data are collected from various reports such as Agricultural Statistics at a Glance, Economic Survey of India, Planning Commission, Directorate of Economics & Statistics, and various websites. The study’s time frame is from the start of the early economic reforms 1990-91 to 2021-22. This study reveals that there was a shift in the cropping pattern over time. A shift towards fruits, vegetables, and commercial crops like cotton and sugarcane was observed. We observed that, there was more diversification in TE 2020-21 as compared to the initial period. the decomposition analysis reveals that the yield growth was responsible for a change in the production of all the selected crops except sugarcane.

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