Thursday, March 28, 2013

HARIT PRYAS in relation with strengthening GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) of the country


 HARIT PRYAS in relation with strengthening GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) of the country


The share of agriculture in Gross state domestic product (GSDP) has declined significantly during the last tow decades.  The agriculture sector in India accounted for 17.57 % of the GDP (at constant 2004-2005 prices) in 2010-11 compared to 18.9 % in 2004-05.  Like wise agriculture sector witnessed a growth of 2.1 %ccc during the Tenth plan.  The sector registered a growth of 5.8 % in 2005-06, 4.5% in 2006-2007 and 4.5%in 2007-08.  However, there was a slow down in agriculture growth in 2008-09 to 1.6 %.  Plan-wise growth rate of GDP and agriculture[1]

The impact of HARIT PRAYAS on sustainable agriculture can be easily visualize that  in last 18 months , 64 villages of HARIT PRAYAS  able to influence more than 200 village in the region (50 plus villages in Jhansi, 40 plus villages in Sagar and 100 plus in Chatarpur villages).  And not only this even community members from other districts are also visiting HARIT PRAYAS to see the impact on agriculture  where input cost has gone down by 90 per cent and  production has increased from 10-15%.  The journey of sustainable agriculture with low input cost to of HARIT PRAYAS approach has brought about recognition that future agriculture growth and productivity will not depend on market rather would be individual farmer driven  also this movement of HARIT PRAYAS will move to  strengthen the GDP of country through generating more interest amongst the farmers and  making agriculture a profitable occupation


[1] Source: Kurekshetra April 2012 issue

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