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India’s agriculture dependent population grew by 50% during 1980-2011: Worldwatch Institute

28 Feb 2014 Evaluate

The agriculture dependent population in India grew by 50% during 1980-2011, highest for any country during this period, followed by China with 33 per cent, as per the latest report of the Worldwatch Institute. However, the share of agriculture sector in Indian economy has declined to around 14 percent in 2012-13 on account of structural changes due to a shift from a traditional agrarian economy to industry and service sectors.

On the other hand, the report highlighted that economically active agricultural population of the US declined by 37 percent on the back of improved crop varieties, fertilisers, pesticides, and federal subsidies, contributing significantly to economies of scale and consolidation in US agriculture. The global agricultural dependent population includes individuals dependent on agriculture, hunting, fishing, and forestry for their livelihood accounted for over 37 per cent of the world’s population. Meanwhile, there is a decrease of 12 percent from 1980, when world’s agricultural and non-agricultural populations were roughly in same size. However, the world’s population grew numerically from 2.2 billion to 2.6 billion people during this period, the report highlighted.

As per the Worldwatch Institute report, Africa's agricultural population between 1980 and 2011 grew by 63 percent, and its non-agricultural population grew by 221 percent. Asia's agricultural population grew by 20 percent, and its nonagricultural population grew by 134 percent, while, Oceania's agricultural population grew by 49 percent, and its nonagricultural population grew by 65 percent, it said. Agriculture dependent population in Europe and Americas has declined in the reported period due to factors like movement of people towards cities and agricultural consolidation.

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