Dehradun, Dec. 30 -- Arun Pratap Singh

Garhwal Post Bureau

DEHRADUN, 27 Dec: The current year has not proved encouraging for agriculture in Uttarakhand. The official figures indicate a decline in the production of several major crops, alongside a steady reduction in cultivable land. The situation is particularly worrying in the Garhwal division, where crop yields have fallen even as the farming here is already being constrained by limited resources and challenges like outmigration, climate change and increasing wildlife menace. The combined impact of shrinking agricultural land and declining output has painted a grim picture for the farming sector, which continues to remain the backbone of livelihoods in large parts of the state.

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