A review of agricultural diversification in context of India and Assam

Traditionally, agricultural diversification referred to a subsistence kind of farming wherein farmers were cultivating varieties of crops on a piece of land and undertaking several enterprises on their farm portfolio. Household food and income security were the basic objectives of agricultural diversification. In the recent decades, agricultural diversification is increasingly being considered as a panacea for many ills in the agricultural development of the country. Diversification at the farm level is supposed to increase the farm income; the utility of diversification as risk management practices however, remains. At the country level, diversification is supposed to increase the extent of self-sufficiency for the country. At the regional level, diversification is being promoted to mitigate negative externalities associated with mono-cropping. This study tries to focus on some relevant issues of agricultural diversification and elaborate it by reviewing different articles related with agricultural diversification. This study will certainly help in future research on agricultural diversification in some specific issues.