Indian agriculture: emerging perspectives and major policy issues

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NAC Concept Paper-A Note On Agriculture And Irrigation

This note highlights the main issues and outlines the proposed action plan in respect of the following five major areas in Agriculture and Irrigation: (1) Augmentation of water resources for irrigation; (2) Conservation of irrigation water; (3) Agricultural research and extension; (4) Diversification of agriculture and reforms in marketing; and (5) Institutional credit for agriculture.wter resources, irrigation, conservation, agricultural research, diversification, reforms, marketing, institutional credit