It is well recognised that Indian agriculture is currently in a state of crisis.
Factors underlying the crisis are complex and manifold and relate largely to the
nature of economic strategy pursued by the state as well as several institutional,
technological, ecological, and weather-related factors. While a large number of
factors contribute to the crisis in agriculture, leading to enormous distress among
people dependent on it, the focus of the current study is to address one dimension
of the agricultural problem, namely, the technological. The technological dimension
would encompass a wide spectrum of non-price factors relating to crop production
and crop productivity. Issues that influence agricultural production, namely, the
physical environment; the extent and nature of agricultural inputs used; the nature
of crop-protection practices followed; and the overall management practices
adopted in cultivation including aspects of irrigation and technology delivery
would all be addressed in this study on Wardha District.

M S Swaminathan Research Foundation