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Satish Ch Pant
ID. 40943
Sector Overview
Agriculture is one of the most prominent sectors in in Indian
economy.
Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing
accounted for
◦ 17% of the GDP in 2010 and
◦ 55% of employment to the country's population
◦ 8.56 % of India’s exports.
◦ 43 % of India's geographical area is used for agricultural activity.
• Fertilizers
• Seeds
• Agrochemicals
• PPC
• Insecticides
• Fungicides
• Antibiotics
• Herbicides
• Machinery
Fertilisers
200
150
194 203
100 184
167 161 168
125
50
55
23
0
1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Where Do We Stand
In terms of
◦ Area under agricultural
◦ Fertiliser production
◦ Fertiliser consumption
◦ Production of major crops
◦ Productivity of major crops
Area Under Agriculture
1600000 000 ha
1400000
1200000
1000000
800000
600000
400000
0
China Bangladesh Srilanka Pakistan USA India World
Overview….
Chemical Fertilizers
100
90
80
1951-52
70
1960-61
Axis Title 60
1970-71
50 1980-81
40 1990-91
30 20001-02
20
10
0
Axis Title
Fertiliser Production
300 lakh MT
200
202
150
154
P P P
132
100
101 108
T T T
50 64
N N N 31
0
China India USA India China India
Fertiliser consumption
lakh MT
400
356
350
250 230
202
200 162
150 112 109
93
100
42 39 48
50 33
14
0
N P K Total
Fertiliser consumption
Kg/ha
2004
300
250 K
K
200 P
K P
K
150 P P
100 K K K
N N P P
N N P
50
N N N
0
C hina B a ngla de s h S rila nka P a kis ta n US A India Wo rld
1000000
800000
600000
400000
200000 1980-81
0 1995-96
breader 2001-02
seed foundation
seed certified
quality
seed
Public Player- National seed Corporation (NSC)
State Farm Corporation of India (SFCI)
State Seeds Corporations SSCs
Major focuses mainly on major crops of the area.
Private Player
Largely focuses on hybrid seeds especially of vegetables, oilseeds, cereals and
cotton.
Major Players:
These include Monsanto, Bayer CropScience, Syngenta, Advanta,
Hicks-Muse-Tate, Emergent Genetics, Dow Agro, Bioseed
Genetics International Inc., Tokita Seed Co, and Nunhems Zaden
BV.
Factors attracting seed comp.
country’s varied agroclimatic conditions
abundant skilled and unskilled labor,
Pesticides
Fungicides
Insecticides etc
India produces 90,000 metric tones of
pesticides a year.
India loses nearly 30% of its potential
crop to insects, weeds and rodent attacks.
DDT was first used for malaria control,
Out of the 143 pesticides registered in the
country, 66 technical grade pesticides are
manufactured in India.
Farm Machineries
Pump sets
Tractors
Tiller