Abstract

Barter system in the Indian economy existed as India was an agronomy primarily since ancient times. The article touches upon the issue of agriculture through the role of community, society & governance. In the beginning it briefly touches upon the area & the crops that were extensively cultivated. Following that, it moves on to methods in agriculture towards not only increasing the production but also protection of crops. It moves on to the tax system that evolved in the Mughal era & sails on to the British era. The British era gave birth to the idea of cash crop & staple crop. After that the article deals with the idea of food security & the ways & steps taken to address the elements that lead to food security. A table is given showing the share of agriculture in the Gross Value Added in the economy. This is a testimony towards the efforts & steps mentioned above. At the distal end of the article, the evolving methods of crop protection are given. The journey towards environment friendly methods to the use of chemicals & the advent of green revolution that focused exclusively on production is the last focus of this article.

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