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In India it's half of the workforce. So I don't think your 1% is accurate. Also most jobs are nonessential for human survival, unlike agriculture.
by xyzzy4 10y ago
In India it's half of the workforce. So I don't think your 1% is accurate. Also most jobs are nonessential for human survival, unlike agriculture.
- cmdrfred 10y agoIn first world nations it is. The US has 3.2 million farmers and a population of 325 million or so. I don't know if your figure is inaccurate, misleading or farmers in India are extremely inefficient.
- xyzzy4 10y ago"Today, India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry and fisheries accounted for 13.7% of the GDP (gross domestic product) in 2013,[2] about 50% of the workforce.[3][4]" - Wikipedia
- cmdrfred 10y agoWow, the output of a single American farmer must be an order of maginatude higher than an Indian one. Not really something I'd strive for.
- vonmoltke 10y ago50% of the population is in agriculture, not farming. Total agriculture represents about 10% of US jobs, but only 10% of agriculture jobs are farming jobs.
- battlebot 10y agoWhat's funny is, all the farmers I have met were millionaires. I know that isn't strictly true, but many do very well for themselves. Land value has a lot to do with it, I suppose.
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoIndia keeps its agricultural sector inefficient as a jobs program. Compare the yields from India to best-in-class producers of the same products [1]. For the top 5 products (excluding Buffalo milk) Indian production is 70% less efficient. (Buffalo milk is excluded because I don't have a source for best-in-class production.) [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_India Largest agricultural products in India by value