Assistant Professor, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi
Online published on 13 February, 2014.
Economic development of a nation is directly dependent on the performance of its agricultural sector and the optimum utilization of its available resources. Improvement in the productivity and profitability of agricultural sector has always been a major issue for policymakers. The paper highlights the challenges faced by farmers under traditional method of cultivation vis-a-vis conceptual framework regarding greenhouse farming, its structure, functioning, suitability and sustainability. It also provides a brief outline of the advent and progress of greenhouse farming in various other nations along India so far.
The present paper also makes an attempt to rethink about agriculture sector as an industry and suggests further improvement. The present paper is divided into 5 sections. Section-1 contains introduction, Section-II presents conceptual framework of agricultural growth, sustainable development and greenhouse farming. Section-III presents a list of empirical studies being carried out in this context. Further section-IV describes a model for its functioning and provides a list of factors that are responsible for this leading innovative technique. At the last section-V presents a list of key findings and implications being beneficial for future research.
Commercial Farming, Agricultural Growth, Sustainability, Greenhouse Farming, Traditional Farming
