• Dr. Subhash

Agriculture sector in India is considered to be the backbone of its economy. Agriculture is source of livelihood for more than 70% of Indians in the rural areas. It contributes around 18% to the total Gross Domestic Product of India. Similarly agriculture sector in India is also the largest employer contributing 49% of the total workforce. Apart from employment, agriculture also plays an important role in food security. According to NSSO an average Indian still spends more than half of the income in food security. However the growth rate of the agriculture sector in India has been fluctuating. The growth rate of the agriculture in India mainly depends on the rainfall as majority of the cultivated area in India depends on rainfall. As per National Sample Survey Organization data, the average size of operational holdings in India fell to 1.2 hectares in 2010-11 from 2.3 hectares in 1970-71. China’s average holdings are even smaller. According to the 2000 World Census of Agriculture, the average size of Chinese holdings was 0.6 hectares. Thus, farming in both countries is dominated by small farmers. Despite the similarities, Chinese agriculture has fared better than Indian agriculture on most counts over the past few decades. Both India and China are among the world’s top three producers of important crops such as rice, wheat, cotton and maize, but China produces much more from each hectare of land than India does. In the light of above discussion, this paper is an attempt to compare agriculture growth in India and China. The paper is based on secondary source of data like survey reports of national and international agencies, books, journals, newspapers and other periodicals. The paper concludes that China is much better than India in crop productivity.

Agriculture, Growth, Productivity, Crop, Landholding

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AGRICULTURE GROWTH IN INDIA AND CHINA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.304-310, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904L44.pdf

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AGRICULTURE GROWTH IN INDIA AND CHINA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp304-310, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904L44.pdf