In the agricultural context, diversification can be regarded as the re-allocation of some of a farm’s productive resources, such as land, capital, farm equipment and pieces to other farmers and, particularly in richer countries, non-farming activities such as restaurants and shops.
Factors leading to decisions to diversify are many, but include; reducing risk, responding to changing consumer demands or changing government policy, responding to external shocks and, more recently, as a consequence of climate change.
Horizontal diversification-
The primary approach to crop diversification used in production agriculture. In this approach, diversification normally takes place through crop intensification which means adding new high-value crops to existing cropping systems as a way of improving the overall productivity of a particular farm or a region’s farming economy as a whole.
Vertical diversification-
It is an approach in which value is added to the products by farmers through various methods such as processing, regional branding, packaging, merchandising, or other efforts to enhance the product.
Need of agriculture Diversification-
The important facts highlighting the need of crop diversification in India-
Crop diversification as strategy for issues of natural resources management-
Water is important natural resource which is facing several challenges and there are several concerns regarding water resources in the country and the states.
Presented by–
Ravi Kumar
Amity University, NOIDA
B.sc (H) Agriculture
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