DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ndhnlw/india_agriculture) has announced the addition of the "India Agriculture Industry 2H12" report to their offering.
India: Agriculture covers the sector overview, sectror size and position, drivers of growth in agriculture and sector performance in terms of production and consumption.
It also covers the market trends and outlook, agriculture policy and regulations, National Food Security Bill, investment in agriculture, credit policies, price policy, organic food items, imports and exports and market outlook, plus the profile, comparative matrix and SWOT analysis of the industry leading players:
- Godrej Industries Limited
- Gujarat Ambuja Exports Limited
- KRBL Ltd
- Lakshmi Energy & Foods Ltd
- Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd
Executive Summary:
After the poor performance in 2009-10 due to widespread drought and erratic monsoon rains in 2009, India's food sector roared back between 2010-2012, with record production of most major crops such as rice, wheat, pulses and oilseeds.
Agriculture has been the backbone of India's economy since India's independence. In 2010, India ranked among the world's five largest producers of many cash crops such as coffee and cotton. As of 2011, it is also one of the world's five largest producers of livestock and poultry meat, with one of the fastest growth rates.
Agriculture accounted for 18% of India's GDP and provided jobs to 60% of India's total population. Services, which contributed a hefty 62% to the GDP, only employed 28% of the population. Total exports have been increasing throughout 2001 to 2009, representing a 200% increase from 2001 to 2009. Imports have been more or less the same for the last three years. Advances in agriculture technology has provided India the impetus to increase its food production, but the impact of the agriculture sector on the total national export has fallen since 2004 from 12.7% to 10.23% in 2009.
This report goes on to discuss India's position in world agriculture, the impact of the monsoon rains on agriculture, policy and regulation by the Indian government in recent times and market outlook.
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