• H.M.KRISHNA

A decade has passed since the adoption of the Agriculture Policy document of 1995 under the stewardship of the then Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri H D Devegowda and the then Minister for Agriculture Late Shri C. Byre Gowda. Therefore, this is an appropriate time to take note of the changing situation. The State also recognizes the increasing distress in the farm sector at an alarming rate and the stagnation of net income flow in the farm sector. In real terms, during the last decade. The average size of holding is shrinking both due to demographic pressures as well as non-viability of farming among the lowest quartile of holdings. As a consequence, the farmers are becoming poorer and expressing unequivocal preference to vocations other than farming. It is also unfortunate that the esteem that the farming profession enjoyed a few decades ago has been eroding, and it is the State's responsibility to redeem it and give back the lost glory to agricultural sector.

"AGRICULTURE PATTERNS IN KARNATAKA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON DEVELOPMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 3, page no.346-359, March-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1803473.pdf

"AGRICULTURE PATTERNS IN KARNATAKA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON DEVELOPMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 3, page no. pp346-359, March-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1803473.pdf