Volume : 4, Issue : 3, March - 2015

A STUDY OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF AGRICULTURE IN INDIA

Dr. Ashok Pawar, Sukeshni Jadhav, Indal Jadhao, Savita Kulkarni

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;In India commercialization of agriculture as a process in which farmers produce primarily for sale in distant markets,&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;rather than meeting only their household need. Commercialization of agriculture, however, increases employment&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;opportunities and income of the farmers. In the last two decades the ratio under cash crops has increased, especially&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;fruits and vegetables. traditionally India has been a producer of cash crops of cotton, tobacco and sugarcane. Marketing of agriculture produce&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;has become important with increased commercializtion of agriculture and new technologies and systems, like spot exchanges are helping the&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;farmer getting better deal for their produce.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</p>