Tradeoff between public private partnership in Indian agriculture

Abstract

Progress of agriculture has been impressive in production terms over years, and the country now ranks in top positions in production for most of the agricultural items in the world. The food grains production increased from 74.23 million tonnes in 1966-67 to 209.80 million tonnes in 1999-2000 and further India’s food grain production is estimated to rise 3.74% to a new record of 308.65 million tonnes in the crop year 2020-21. India though has become self-sufficient in food production, increasing production and productivity for sustaining upcoming future population is a major challenge before agricultural scientists and farming community. Agricultural extension services provide critical access to the knowledge, information and technology that farmers require to improve the field productivity and thus improve the quality of their lives and livelihoods.