AN INSIGHT INTO THE CHANGING SCENARIO OF AGRICUTURE IN PUNJAB

The seed, fertilizer, irrigation package of green revolution transformed subsistence agriculture in Punjab to a commercial and market oriented activity. The force behind commercialization is so strong that it swept away not only the big landlords but also small and marginal farmers towards market oriented agriculture. The supporters of the new strategy considered the intensive approach as the only means of making a breakthrough in Punjab agriculture in the shortest possible time. The radical shift of agriculture has made Punjab agriculture to cross many boundaries to be in present scenario