Agriculture Journals

India is a vast South Asian country with diverse terrain – from Himalayan peaks to Indian Ocean coastline – and history reaching back 5 millennia. In the north, Mughal Empire landmarks include Delhi’s Red Fort complex, massive Jama Masjid mosque and Agra’s iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum. Pilgrims bathe in the Ganges in Varanasi, and Rishikesh is a yoga center and base for Himalayan trekking.

India lies on the Indian Plate, the northern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate, whose continental crust forms the Indian subcontinent. The country is situated north of the equator. It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 1,269,219 square miles.

The Economy of India is the seventh-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).  The country is classified as a newly industrialised country, one of the G-20 major economies, a member of BRICS and a developing economy with an average growth rate of approximately 7% over the last two decades.

So far India has produced 12 Noble laureates in different fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, physiology or medicine. The history of agriculture in India dates back to the Rigveda. Today, India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry and fisheries accounted for 13.7% of the GDP (gross domestic product) in 2013, about 50% of the workforce. 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 economic sector and plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic fabric of India. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Punjab Agricultural University and Forest Research Institute (Dehradun) are publishing vast no. of articles on Agriculture and development in various lists of Agriculture journals.