Sustainable rural development through agriculture: an answer to economic development in india

Rural Development is a process of changes carried out deliberately for the uplift of the Rural People. It is generally refers to the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. Changes in global production networks and increased urbanization have changed the character of rural areas. Increasingly tourism, niche manufacturers, and recreation have replaced resource extraction and agriculture as dominant economic drivers. Agriculture, with its allied sectors, is unquestionably the largest livelihood provider in India, more so in the vast rural areas. Indian agriculture and allied activities have witnessed a green revolution, a white revolution, a yellow revolution and a blue revolution. The sector accounts for 18 per cent of India's gross domestic product (GDP) and employs just a little less than 50 per cent of the country's workforce. This sector has made considerable progress in the last few decades with its large resources of land, water and sunshine. Sustainable agriculture, in terms of food security, rural employment, and environmentally sustainable technologies such as soil conservation, sustainable natural resource management and biodiversity protection, are essential for holistic rural development. This paper mainly focuses on the need for rural communities to approach development from a wider perspective which has created more focus on a broad range of agricultural developmental goals. Education, entrepreneurship, physical infrastructure, and social infrastructure all play an important role in developing agricultural regions. Rural development is also characterized by its emphasis on locally produced economic development strategies. What is needed in this hour is not to go on introducing new and ongoing schemas for rural agricultural development and creating awareness among the people about the related problems. For this it is essential that the public, private and civil sectors must work together coherently and efficiently for sustainable rural development by improving Agricultural sector of the county.