• Samar jyoti Doley

Assam is predominantly rural and the economy primarily agrarian in nature with almost 70% of the population directly dependent on agriculture as a source of income and another 15% of the population dependent on allied activities for its living. It is for the reason that any strategy for the development of the state will have to keep agriculture at the centre of its planning process. The fertility of land and abundance of water in the state, the two most important components for agricultural growth, Assam should have been one of the better-developed states in the country. Yet in all the key indicators of agricultural development, be it irrigation, levels of mechanization, cropping intensity, market access or connectivity of the rural areas, the state today lags behind the rest of the country. The present paper attempts to investigate the current status of agriculture in Assam.

agriculture growth, irrigation, market.

"Present Status of Agriculture in Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.682-688, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907555.pdf

"Present Status of Agriculture in 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. pp682-688, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907555.pdf