Constraints Faced by the Respondents in Recommended Fertilizer Management under Soil Health Card Scheme in Baldirai Block of Sultanpur District

Agriculture in India has a significant history and it is still lifeline of Indian economy. Agricultural sector accounted for 16.6% of the GDP in 2009 and its economic contribution to India's GDP is steadily declining with the country's broad-based economic growth. Still, agriculture is demographically the broadest economic sector and plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic fabric of India. Over 66 years since its independence, India has made quadrupled progress towards food-grain production. Prior to the mid-1960s India relied on imports and food aid to meet domestic requirements. However, two years of severe drought in 1965 and 1966 convinced India to reform its agricultural policy and adopted significant policy reforms focused on the goal of food grain self-sufficiency. This ushered in India's Green Revolution and it began with the decision to adopt superior yielding, disease resistant varieties in combination with better farming knowledge to improve productivity. India's arable land area of 159.7 million hectares (394.6 million acres) is the second largest in the world, after the United States. Food security, nutritional security, profitability and sustainability are the main principles of present and future agricultural development.