SWOT ANALYSIS OF PUNJAB AGRICULTURE.

Agriculture in Punjab today is on the crossroads. It is constrained by various factors. We have created history by being the front runner state in agricultural production and gaining the title of food bowl of India. But this has been accompanied by land degradation, declining size of land holding, depleting water table and may other related problems. The present paper analysis the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to Punjab Agriculture. While the strength lies having the largest cultivable land with record food grain production and hardworking peasantry, our weaknesses lies in having low yields, less value addition and food processing and large amount of post harvest losses. The paper also envisages where the opportunities exist and how these opportunities can be further encashed to augment the yield and income of the farming community and bringing back the lost glory.