• Anjoo Boora
• Sudesh Kumari

Haryana is the state known as the food basket of India, and a worldwide shining example of how the Green Revolution (GR) and industrial agriculture greatly increased the yield of the food crops. Apart from meeting its own requirement for food grains, Haryana ranks second in contribution to wheat to the Central Pool despite the very small acreage under farming. It accounted for 27.8% (i.e., 69.24 lakh tonnes) of procurement of wheat for the Central Pool in 2011-12. This has been possible due to the introduction of high yielding cultivars of wheat and rice, creation of irrigation infrastructure, hard work of innovative farmers, and excellent policy support for promoting improved technologies in the State. Agriculture plays a vital role in Haryana’s economy, in spite of the decline in the share of agriculture sector in the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) from 32.0% in 1999-2000 to 15% in 2013-14; about 80% population of the state still depends upon agriculture for its livelihood. Haryana is located in the northwest part of the country and the climate is arid to semiarid with average rainfall of 455 mm. Around 70% rainfall receives during the 13 month from July to September and the remaining rainfall receives during Dec. to Feb. The total geographical area of the state is 4.42 million hectares (m ha), which is 1.4% of the geographical area of the country. The cultivable area is 3.8 m ha, which is 86% of the geographical area of the state out of which 3.62 m ha, i.e., 96.2% is under plough. Thus, there is hardly any scope to bring more area under cultivation. The agriculture production can only be increased through enhanced cropping intensity, change in cropping pattern, improvement in seeds of high yielding varieties, better cultivation practices and post-harvest technology, etc.

Organic agriculture and environment Sustainability in Haryana

"Organic agriculture and environment Sustainability in Haryana", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.1-5, April 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907J01.pdf

"Organic agriculture and environment Sustainability in Haryana", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp1-5, April 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907J01.pdf