Agriculture in India

The history of agriculture in India dates back to the Neolithic period. India ranks second worldwide in farm outputs. As per the Indian economic survey 2020-21, agriculture employed more than 50/ of the Indian workforce and contributed 20.2% to the country’s GDP In 2016, agriculture and allied sectors like animal husbandry, forestry and fisheries accounted for 17.5% of the GDP (gross domestic product) with about 41.49% of the work force in 2020. India rank first in the world whit highest net cropped area followed by Us and china .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 econmic sector and plays a significant role in the overall socio-economin fabric of India.

Occupational exposure to pesticides has been identified as a major trigger of the development ofcancer. the principal classes of pesticication investigated in relation to their role in intxication and cancer were insecticides ,her herbicides, and fungicides. punjab, a state in India ,utilises the highest amount of chemical fertilizers in the country . many of the pesticides sprayed on the states crops are classified as class I by the WORLD HEATH ORGANZATION because of their acute toxicity and are banned in places around the world ,including europe.

DEFINITION OF FARMER

Indian farmers are people who grow crops as a profession various government estimates (census, agriltural census, national sample surveys assessments and periodic labour force surveys) give a different number of farmers in the country ranging from 37 million to 118 million asper the