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{{short description|Agriculture in India}}
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The history of '''Agriculture in India''' dates back to [[Indus Valley Civilization]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pU6dCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA96 | title=Agriculture| last1=Brese| first1=White| year=1993}}</ref> India [[List of countries by GDP sector composition|ranks]] second worldwide in farm outputs. As per 2018, agriculture employed more than 50% of the Indian work force and contributed 17–18% to country's GDP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/budget/india-economic-survey-2018-for-farmers-agriculture-gdp-msp/1034266/|title=India economic survey 2018: Farmers gain as agriculture mechanisation speeds up, but more R&D needed|date=29 January 2018|website=The Financial Express|access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref>

In 2016, agriculture and allied sectors like [[Animal husbandry in India|animal husbandry]], [[Forestry in India|forestry]] and [[Fishing in India|fisheries]] accounted for 15.4% of the [[GDP]] (gross domestic product) with about 41.49% of the workforce in 2020.<ref name="CIA">{{cite web |title=CIA Factbook: India-Economy |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/india/ |access-date= 17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-08-30/news/41618996_1_gdp-foodgrains-allied-sectors Agriculture's share in GDP declines to 13.7% in 2012–13]</ref><ref>Staff, India Brand Equity Foundation [http://www.ibef.org/exports/agriculture-and-Food.aspx Agriculture and Food in India] Accessed 7 May 2013</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Labor force by agriculture sector in India|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS?locations=IN}}</ref> India ranks first in the world with highest net cropped area followed by US and China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiawaterreview.in/Story/Features/india-outranks-us-china-with-worlds-highest-net-cropland-area/2096/2#.W_A_iOgzZPY|title=India outranks US, China with world's highest net cropland area |access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> The economic contribution of agriculture to India's GDP is steadily declining with the country's broad-based economic growth. Still, agriculture is demographically the broadest economic sector and plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic fabric of [[India]].

The total agriculture commodities export was US $3.50 billion in March - June 2020. India exported $38 billion worth of agricultural products in 2013, making it the seventh largest agricultural exporter worldwide and the sixth largest net exporter.<ref name=usda2014/> Most of its agriculture exports serve developing and least developed nations.<ref name=usda2014>[http://www.fas.usda.gov/data/india-s-agricultural-exports-climb-record-high India's Agricultural Exports Climb to Record High], United States Department of Agriculture (2014)</ref> Indian agricultural/horticultural and processed foods are exported to more than 120 countries, primarily to the Japan, [[Southeast Asia]], [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]] countries, the [[European Union]] and the [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ibef.org/exports/agriculture-and-food-industry-india.aspx |title = Agriculture in India: Agricultural Exports & Food Industry in India | IBEF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.agriexam.com/?m=1 | title=Home | access-date=7 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908021654/http://www.agriexam.com/?m=1 | archive-date=8 September 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

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