Jammu, May 10 -- Agriculture in the country is the backbone of the economy and has a major contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. Despite this, the sector suffers from some generic issues. Among those, lack of adequate linkages has been one of the major challenges affecting development of agriculture and overall economic growth of the country. Linkages in agriculture, particularly market linkages i. e both forward as well as backward are crucial forensuring availability of critical inputs to the farming community, boosting farmer incomes and improving agricultural efficiency.By connecting farmers to markets, inputs and services, linkages help stabilize incomes, reduce post-harvest losses and fostering technology tr...