♤ Dominance of food crops over non-food crops

At the time of Independence, more than 75 per cent of the total area sown in the country was devoted to the production of food crops. Now, relative share of area under food crops has declined from 76.7% during 1950-51 to 65.8% during 1999-2000.

Reason: Gradually with commercialization of agriculture, farmers in India have started shifting area to non-food crops mainly due to relatively better price realization.