Important Facts Related to Agriculture 2007-08

■ The share of agriculture in the gross domestic product has registered a steady decline from 36·4 per cent in 1982-83 to 18·5 per cent in 2006-07.■ Over a medium term, there has generally been a shortfall in the achievement of target of foodgrains, pulses and oilseeds during 2000-01 to 2006-07. The actual production of foodgrains on an average was 93 per cent of the target. Actual production,