Conventional outlook toward farming is yet another problem of Indian agriculture. Indian farmer is reluctant to accept innovative farm technology and farm management practices. He continues to rely on conventional wisdom. He continues to consider farming more as a means of subsistence and less a business venture. Accordingly, he continues to focus on crops which offer him food security rather than those which yield high profits but are risk-prone. The typical Indian farmer is reluctant to grow as an entrepreneur, and avoids undertaking risks for profits.
Holdings in India are not only small, but scattered as well. Small holdings are not conducive to the use of modern technology and scattered holdings increase the cost of management. Small and scattered holdings bare an important hindrance in the use of modern machines like tractors and thrashers. Accordingly, productivity remains low.
Revolutionary rise in output due to green revolution is confined mainly to the production of food grains wheat and rice. There has been no similar rise
Change in Farmers Outlook: Commercialization of agriculture has caused a change in outlook of the farmers. Farming is no longer viewed as merely a source of subsistence; it is being increasingly recognized as a commercial venture with a high potential of profitability. This has imparted dynamism to farming as an activity of production.
Self-sufficiency in Food Grain Production: Increase in crop production caused by increase in acreage and increase in productivity has been so substantial that India has started maintaining buffer stocks of food grains to be used during periods of lean farm supplies. A revolutionary rise in output has helped India achieve its principal goal of five Year Plan,
Yes is an obvious answer. There is no doubt that gains of green Revolution of the Sixty's have started tapering-off. Our productivity standards are extremely low compared to other nations. Our food grain stock are at the threshold of uncertainty. Our farmers are failing to cope with uncertainties of the market also, they are failing to cope with uncertainties of the market which often drivers them to be subsistence oriented, rather than market oriented in their production decisions. Writing-off farming-loans is becoming a recurring feature. All these facts, along with the fact that there is a threatening rise in India's population should be taken as a wake up call for yet another Green Revolution in India
