New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- India's agricultural sector contributes 16 per cent of the country's GDP while still providing employment to 46 per cent of the population, and thus it is overburdened and in some ways underproductive. The COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent announcement of an unplanned lockdown have led to reverse migration, which further troubled the sector. However, at the beginning of the financial year 2025, in the official discourse, optimism was expressed regarding the sector's performance, as the Economic Survey 2024-25 projected agricultural Gross Value Added growth of around 3.8 per cent for FY25. Even exports seemed buoyant. Agricultural exports from India increased from approximately US$48.8 billion in 2023-24 to US$51.9 bil...