• Muzammel Hussain

Agriculture and its allied activities play an important role in the socio-economic development in the state. Assam is basically an agrarian economy in the sense that about 69 per cent of the work force is employed in agriculture sector alone. In 2006-07, this sector contributed about 26 per cent to the Net State Domestic product of the state .The development of the state’s economy is dependent to a large extent, on the development of this sector. But in spite of its overwhelming dominance in the state’s economy the progress of agriculture in the state is far from satisfactory. Increase in agricultural production in the economy can come about in two ways viz-through an increase in the land area under cultivation, way through more production utilization of land already under cultivation. The first source of agricultural growth, i.e. increase in the land area under cultivation may be important for country where population is sparse and cultivable land is available in abundance. But when the rapid growth of population the scope of bringing about more land surface under cultivation for increase in agricultural production by now, therefore, development must come primarily from more productive utilization of existing cultivated land area. In Indians growing problems of poverty, the problems of small and marginal farmers and their solution are most important. The average size of holding too shows gradually decline from 1.69 hectares to 1.57 hectares over the period of 1985-86 to 1990-91. The heavy pressure of population on land in India, the situation in Assam is much more critical since this group comprises vast number of persons. The problems of improving their socio-economic condition is a challenge to the planners, policy makers and implementing agencies of development schemes

PROBLEMS OF SMALL AND MARGINAL FARMERS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BARPETA DISTRICT, ASSAM

"PROBLEMS OF SMALL AND MARGINAL FARMERS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BARPETA DISTRICT, ASSAM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.429-436, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907058.pdf

"PROBLEMS OF SMALL AND MARGINAL FARMERS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BARPETA DISTRICT, ASSAM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp429-436, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907058.pdf