LINKAGES BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN INDIA

The resources like food, water, and a healthy environment which are essential to human well-being are threatened in developing countries like India. Increasing agricultural productivity and ensuring environmental sustainability are interconnected and essential elements. In this paper an attempt has been made to identify and assess the mitigation of negative impacts of agriculture in addition to other issues. Main objective of this study is to address the question of the environmental impacts of agriculture, assessing environmental impact of the farm level taking into account environmental objectives like soil erosion and water quality etc. The impacts may vary with farming system, technologies used and other choices of individual products. In this study the linkages between agriculture and environment would be built on the strength of existing studies and secondary data at the national level.