Study the Challenges and Opportunities of Agricultural Development in a Village A Case Study

Abstract

India live in villages and the later continue to be the sole basic units of administration in the country since time immemorial. However, quite ironically, the village is often associated with backwardness , tradition or conservative attitude . newlineBihar is a state blessed with fertile lands, diverse climatic situations and large human as well as natural agricultural resources. But it is also a state which faces the persistent problems like fragmented land holdings, poor farm infrastructure, poor access to extension services and high population density and resultant poverty. newlineThe low average yields of most commodities, the huge gaps between the demonstrated and generally realized yields, the low farmers income and widespread rural poverty despite the blessed richness of the natural resources needs a holistic system based approach to simultaneously enhance productivity, profitability, equity and environmental sustainability through synergistically integrating crops including horticultural and other cash crops, livestock, fisheries, agro forestry, watershed-based soil and water management, social capital formation, agro-processing and marketing in an end-to end mode. newline newline