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Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle Published this article page no 49 the inputs of modern agriculture are very expensive. this resource intensive approach has become unmanageable for marginal and small farmers as they have very meagre or no saving to invest in agriculture. to tide over these difficulties most of such farmers have resorted to availing credit from various institutions and money lenders. crop failures and low returns from agriculture have forced them to fall in the trap of indebtedness Competition Success Review Competition Success Review Published this article page no 50 indian peasantry had been exploited for a long time as there had been unequal distribution of land. among the three revenue systems operational during british period i.e. mahalwari ryotwari and zamindari the last one was most exploitative for the peasants. after independence land reforms were accorded priority but these reforms were not implemented effectively due to lack of strong political will. most of the state governments avoided taki... Competition Success Review Competition Success Review there are a large number of marginal and small farmers in the country. more than 60 per cent of the ownership holdings have a size smaller than one ha. furthermore about 40 per cent of the farmers have operational holding size smaller than 0.5 hectare ha. the average size of land holding is shrinking further under increasing population pressure. furthermore in india the land holdings are mostly fragmented. there are some states where consolidation of holding has not been c... Competition Success Review Competition Success Review published this article page no 8 a large number of farmers produce crops for self-consumption. these farmers do not have enough land resources to produce more than their requirement. most of the small and marginal farmers grow foodgrains which are meant for their own family consumption. modernisation and commercialisation of agriculture have however taken place in the irrigated areas there is a massive under-employment in the agricultural sector in india particularly in th... Competition Success Review Competition Success Review published this article page no 9 one of the serious problems that arises out of faulty strategy of irrigation and agricultural development is degradation of land resources. this is serious because it may lead to depletion of soil fertility. the situation is particularly alarming in irrigated areas. a large tract of agricultural land has lost its fertility due to alkalisation and salinisation of soils and waterlogging. alkalinity and salinity have already affected about 8 m...