RESEARCH ISSUES AND PRIORITIES IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR AND DAIRY SCENARIO OF TRIPURA A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Indian Agriculture is an economic symbiosis of crop production and animal rearing. In India 70 percent population and their livelihood is depending upon the agriculture. Same scenario is applicable for Tripura as well as the same North East India. Agriculture is an important sector in the economy of the North East Region (NER), with its share in state domestic product (SDP) ranging from 19 percent to 37 percent in different states. In Tripura the total population of 70 % population and their livelihood is dependents on the agriculture. The paper contributes to the effectual research is very necessary and their implacability to continued development process in agriculture at Tripura. On the other aspects is animal, husbandry which is really substitute occupation for agriculture. one is dependent on another. Animal Husbandry is a state subject and the State Governments are primarily responsible for the growth of the sector. The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries has, however, been operating 30 Central Livestock Organizations and allied Institutions for production and distribution of superior germ plasms to the State Governments for cross breeding and genetic upgradation of the stocks. Besides, the Department has been implementing 11 Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes for the development of requisite infrastructure and supplementing the efforts of the State Governments for achieving the accelerated growth of animal husbandry sector. The study mainly focuses the issues of problems,present status o