Farm sector is increasingly export oriented

While India's overall exports are only now beginning to rise, after months of shrinking, farm exports have been rising steadily, and dramatically, with each passing year. In just the last four years, farm exports have risen from $14.3 billion in 2008-09 to $31.9 bn in 2012-13. Their share in India's total exports has risen from 7.2 per cent to 10.6 per cent in the same period, and to 10.8 per cent in the April to August period this year.

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