农业是印度国民經济的主要部門,农业人口約占全国人口的百分之七十。全国耕地面积达三亿七千六百万英亩(合二十二亿八千二百万市亩,每人平均約五市亩),其中粮食作物种植面积約占四分之三,为二亿八千万到二亿八千五百万英亩。印度的自然条件对发展农业非常有利。大部分地区属于热带,雨量充足,多数地区可以种两熟, Agriculture is the main sector of India’s national economy and its agricultural population accounts for about 70% of the national population. The country has 376 million acres of arable land (2.282 billion mu, an average of about 5 mu per person), of which about three-quarters are planted with food crops and 200 million 80 million to 285 million acres. The natural conditions in India are very beneficial to the development of agriculture. Most areas are tropical, abundant rainfall, most areas can grow two kinds of ripening,