HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The problem of small farmer livelihood is aggravated due to the fact that small farmers suffer from many production risks like drought, flood, lack of adequate use of inputs, poor extension leading to large yield gaps, lack of assured and adequate irrigation, crop failure and so on.

Detailed explanation-2: -Farmers need to deal with many problems, including how to: Cope with climate change, soil erosion and biodiversity loss.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ans: Small and fragmented land holdings, Seeds, Manures, Fertilisers and Biocides, Irrigation, Lack of mechanisation, Soil erosion, Agricultural Marketing and Scarcity of capital are among the major problems faced by Indian Agriculture.