Present Status of Major Crops in Assam: A Critical Analysis
Author : Md. Shahinur Islam Ahmed
Abstract :
Assam economy is primarily agrarian in nature with almost 70% of the population directly dependent on agriculture as a source of income and another 15% of the population dependent on allied activities for its living. The contribution of the agriculture (crops + livestock) sector to GSDP at current prices was 15.64% in 2019-20. During 2019-20, out of total major crops area of Assam 89 per cent of area belonged under rice cultivation. It was about 6.04 per cent of land area and contributed about 5.28 per cent of total rice production at national level. Another specialty is that the rice is traditionally-grown throughout the year viz. winter, autumn and summer seasons, with winter rice as the main crop. All the agricultural programmes have been assigned with high priority in the successive plan periods to maximize rice production.
The proposed study focuses only on status of major crops production in Assam which completely depends on secondary sources of data. The required data would collect from government publications, economic survey of state government, various journals and books.
Keywords :
Agriculture, cultivation, occupation, rice, autumn, summer, winter, workforce.
