AN INQUIRY ON AGRICULTURE-INDUSTRY LINKAGE IN KRISHNAGIRI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU

P. SANGEETHA¹*, M. CHINNADURAI^2
1Department of Agricultural Economics, Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India
²Director, Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India
* Corresponding Author : sangeetha.agri@gmail.com

Received : 02-11-2018     Accepted : 27-11-2018     Published : 30-11-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 22       Pages : 7501 - 7504
Int J Agr Sci 10.22 (2018):7501-7504

Keywords : Agriculture- industry linkage, economic development, regional
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Being a developing economy there should be vast agricultural performance and industrial growth. In many ways both agriculture and industry are interdependent and influence each other. The sectors with strongest linkage tend to stimulate rapid growth in production, income, employment and plays very crucial role in poverty alleviation. This paper deals with economic development at regional level through agriculture and industry linkage. This study revealed that there is the vast scope for emergence of agriculture based industries since the study region has cultivation of major agricultural and horticultural crops which will ultimately provide livelihood for farming, industrial and household sectors.

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